November 2025. Rye. First time at our caravan down in Rye Harbour for a year; it’s been on let almost continuously in an attempt to recoup the site fees. It all feels worth it as you take the A2070 from Ashford past Snargate and Romney Marsh, and the bus into Rye from the nature reserve… Continue reading BACK IN RYE, STRAIGHT TO THE YPRES CASTLE
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BACK TO THE YPRES, THEN
June 2023. Rye. I’d planned to meet up with Mrs RM and Faversham Friend for lunch in the centre of Rye, and reckoned the beer garden of the Ypres Castle was the obvious choice. If nothing else, the views to the Castle, from any approach, are pretty much unmatched. Due to what we call “unforeseen… Continue reading BACK TO THE YPRES, THEN
THE YPRES CASTLE AT NIGHT
Happy RetiredMartin Day (22/12) to all who celebrate. And even those of you who don’t. I’ll be off out (out) shortly to a magical place I’ve never been to before. It took me AGES to find one. Back in November Mrs RM and I were having a last night in Rye before heading home (home).… Continue reading THE YPRES CASTLE AT NIGHT
HIGH IN RYE
This Pub Taxi Business is becoming addictive. Two days after dropping BRAPA in the middle of nowhere (aka Dorset), I popped down south again to take Paul Bailey to see Jeff Bell’s new home in Rye, something I promised on a drunken evening of Tonbridge karaoke last Easter (photos lost, I hope). Rye is the… Continue reading HIGH IN RYE
RYE – THE WELL OF LOW-NBSS
Rye is a small town of big beauty, which is why it seems to attract hordes of young and old French tourists at this time of year. Those, and a few more local visitors, were filling up an impressive collection of pubs when I visited from Hastings on Friday. I managed to walk the town,… Continue reading RYE – THE WELL OF LOW-NBSS
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