Random thoughts and photos of my journey through life…
Filed under Holidays, Kent January 2012
On my recent trip to Kent I payed my first visit to Rochester and one of the first things I noticed as I entered the city was a weather vane in the shape of a ship. On further investigation I found that it was on top of the guildhall which was built in 1687.
Outside, [...]
13 Comments CherryPie on Jan 28th 2012
In the 1860s Charles Fechter sent Charles Dickens a Christmas present, it arrived in 58 packing cases at Gravesend station. The present was a prefabricated Swiss Chalet which Dickens assembled in the garden at his country home at Gadshill Place. He constructed it in the second part of his garden which was across the [...]
12 Comments CherryPie on Jan 24th 2012
Filed under Anecdotes, Holidays, Kent January 2012
I have now returned from from my second journey (in a month) down south. It is such a long journey (5 hours) that it feels like a trip to the moon. Making the journey by road is less than ideal; it is mostly motorways, which currently have a lot of roadworks that slow down the [...]
12 Comments CherryPie on Jan 23rd 2012
