Cruising in Kent
I've had a few days of sunshine, seaside, house clearances, fishcakes, go-carts with a difference, carnivals, rain, skinny-dipping and fireworks.... back at the computer again with grey clouds outside and still in my nighty at 2pm! I've been up since 9am but I can't seem to find the will to get dressed - where oh where is the sun???? Alex just called and said she may pop by later thank goodness....a reason to drag my carcass to the shower and get some clothes on! I think it's the novelty of being here on my own and no work until tomorrow.....yes that's what it is.....the novelty of squalor!
Funniest moments of the weekend were burning up and down the seafront on mobility scooters! Bugger go-carts!
Duke was actually a pretty careful driver....
Joe on the other hand was a danger to all, he drove over toes and into the other scooter several times...
Jonjo came to stay for a few days and we had a fantastic night skinny dipping in the rain....
....and I may have caught a little chill, which also accounts for the attire today.....that's right, I'm ill and it's the novelty.....
Strangest moment was the Herne Bay Carnival such as it was. Unfortunately for the participants it rained for almost the entirety of the spectacle. There are very few photos due to the fact that the rain was sheeting down much of the time but the grimacing faces of the young girls twirling their batons in the face of the elements will stay with me for a long time......
We all stood in our wet-weather gear clutching bags of pennies to throw on (NOT at!) the floats representing various theatre groups and beauty salons from the town....and THIS:
Now, this enormous lady is the mascot of Herne Bay, and you can just about see how enormous this papier macher figurine is....it was like The Whicker Man in a dress! I wonder if she'd disintegrated by the end....
The kids loved it of course and couldn't have cared less what the weather was doing as long as they had a balloon to hold and a bag of pennies....
How wonderfully British we were gritting our teeth in the cold, I love this country!!!
Madame xxx
Funniest moments of the weekend were burning up and down the seafront on mobility scooters! Bugger go-carts!
Duke was actually a pretty careful driver....
Joe on the other hand was a danger to all, he drove over toes and into the other scooter several times...
Jonjo came to stay for a few days and we had a fantastic night skinny dipping in the rain....
....and I may have caught a little chill, which also accounts for the attire today.....that's right, I'm ill and it's the novelty.....
Strangest moment was the Herne Bay Carnival such as it was. Unfortunately for the participants it rained for almost the entirety of the spectacle. There are very few photos due to the fact that the rain was sheeting down much of the time but the grimacing faces of the young girls twirling their batons in the face of the elements will stay with me for a long time......
We all stood in our wet-weather gear clutching bags of pennies to throw on (NOT at!) the floats representing various theatre groups and beauty salons from the town....and THIS:
Now, this enormous lady is the mascot of Herne Bay, and you can just about see how enormous this papier macher figurine is....it was like The Whicker Man in a dress! I wonder if she'd disintegrated by the end....
The kids loved it of course and couldn't have cared less what the weather was doing as long as they had a balloon to hold and a bag of pennies....
How wonderfully British we were gritting our teeth in the cold, I love this country!!!
Madame xxx
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