retiredmartin

Jun 2023. Rye.

Sunday in Rye. Mrs RM met a friend from Faversham; I set off on foot early to test out the culture pubs.

You can walk from the harbour through the extensive nature reserve, one of the best in the UK.

If I run out of pubs and churches to tick, I’ll identify the flora for you.

This one is a flower (I think).

32 minutes into town, and a chance to boost my neglected Instagram page with some shots of the wonderful streets and houses, like this cottage down by the fish market.

I’ve yet to visit the actual fish market, but given the amount of salt and pepper squid on bistro menus I’m hopeful it’s quite good.

This is Mermaid Street, used as the setting for Trainspotting 2.

And this is one of the ten (10) best pubs in the world. Possibly more of that later.

The Ypres Castle is named after something close by, forget what.

Incidentally, Rye was responsible for my best ever blog title back in 2016,

though Radclyffe Hall is only the third most famous person with a connection to the town, after the Cheeky Girls.

Back in 2016 I wrote about low NBSS scores here; let’s go for a look outside the GBG…