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Whitstable and Beyond…

janeygodley | 21 April, 2007 14:05

Sorry I have been late with the blog again! I write a weekly column for the Scotsman and invariably it is a page and takes up heaps of my time.

I worry that my blog is suffering although being a ‘proper journalist’ is a real job and being a blogger is just fun – I have a huge responsibility to my blog.

This week in London, I went off to BBC to do a radio show with Robin Ince called ‘Serious About Comedy’ where he hosts and other guests like myself review various TV and radio shows.

The sun was bursting out of the sky as I flip flopped in my summer shoes from Broadcasting House and there was husband sitting outside a coffee shop waiting on me! It was such a surprise and a lovely one to be honest.

“Lets jump on a train and get out of London and go to the beach” he said as we tried to walk along the crowded hot streets of London.

“Yes!” I laughed and we headed along to Victoria Station, we literally got there and saw the next train out of London was to Whitstable so we jumped on that one.

We haven’t been that impulsive since we decided to get married at 18 years old.

Anyway the journey was so pretty, though the train ticket was expensive.

It was £18 a return ticket.

If the government wants us all to get out of cars and onto public transport then they should encourage us by making the ticket price lower.

The train pulled into Whitstable and we meandered down through the leafy suburbs to get into town, well I say town as it’s a very old Victorian small town to be honest but it’s charming. Really old wee shops and pretty cafes, tiny winding streets and ancient walls and buildings, all so very cool as I love architecture.

Then we got to the stony beach, its awesome, the sun made the whole place hazy and we just sat at the beachside and took in the view. I love these moments.

Whitstable is famous for its oysters and seafood, but I am off shellfish since I had an allergic reaction a few years back, so we decided to eat later and go more walking.

After a while we walked back towards the station to get to the Castle, I never knew there was a castle but signs kept telling us there was. We eventually got up to the ‘castle’ and it isn’t really a castle but a big fancy house built in the 1800s and it’s now the council offices. That was a let down, but we headed back into town and bought fish and chips and we sat on the beach and ate our delicious food.

It was a magical amazing day and we both finally got tired enough to head off to catch the train back to London.

When we finally got back to our flat, I was so tired I actually fell asleep as soon as my head touched the pillow.

A beautiful day, one to remember when my life goes all wrong.


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