TAXI FOR BRAPA (Vol. 376)

Time for one more tonight ? 12th November 2022. The sun shines on the righteous. And the ticker who’s headed for his fourth pub of the day and gets an unexpected lift from Maidstone station. And I assure you, it was pure fate that brought us together in the tight alley leading to Maidstone East… Continue reading TAXI FOR BRAPA (Vol. 376)

DON’T PUT BABY IN THE CORNER (OF THE MAIDSTONE GASTROPUB)

12th November 2022. Mrs RM arranged to meet an old work colleague who’d been left with childminding duties in the fair town of Maidstone. Well, Bearsted, which is probably the posh quarter. Pauline will confirm. Overlooking the attractive green, the White Horse looked dreadful, in a faux Brunning & Price way. AND we had to… Continue reading DON’T PUT BABY IN THE CORNER (OF THE MAIDSTONE GASTROPUB)

“mind your head”. Too late, Man of Kent.

One of the “bonuses” of the caravan in Rye is we get to visit the in-laws, about 30 miles up the A21 near Tonbridge/Royal Tunbridge Wells. 11th November 2022. The most challenging aspect of visits to the Spencers used to be actually getting out of the house, as the key to the locked door was… Continue reading “mind your head”. Too late, Man of Kent.

IN OR OUT ? – THE BIG QUESTION ANSWERED

It appears that Joan and Dave Southworth have toured the Garden of Kent without visiting its most sacred and historic monument; which shows how little the Americans value history. Should we be surprised ? If they’d come a month or so earlier they could have participated in the Great Debate on sandwiches (ham or otherwise).… Continue reading IN OR OUT ? – THE BIG QUESTION ANSWERED

MARTIN POWER, OUTER ASHFORD PUB TICKER EXTRAORDINARY

A mid-June trip to finish Kent. I would have waited till Joan and Dave Southworth arrived a month later so they could have the thrill of pinking a county, but completing the Guide and getting chapters complete had become an obsession and besides, you can’t trust Americans with marker pens. You’ll be seeing a fair… Continue reading MARTIN POWER, OUTER ASHFORD PUB TICKER EXTRAORDINARY