as it took a bit of time,
we started at Beckenham Junction, then bought coffees at Bromley South,
and hurtled towards,
Ashford International, where we change trains again, we were on our way to Deal, Diana has still not quite got use to my new look, with one of my front teeth missing,
as the short clip above shows,
we arrived and made our way down from the station,
through the pedestrianized High Street,
across the road,
where we saw a meet and greet,
with one of the local Bobbies and I am guessing a councilor, were having a walk about,
we continued to the sea front,
passing some rather attractive planted displays,
and clothes shops,
time for a pose,
at the area at the front of the pier,
we decided to walk along the seafront first,
time for another pose,
the restaurant we wanted to look at in the distance,
we passed a few others,
but first a jump down onto the shingle,
and a look at the restaurant on the end of the pier,
Diana and seagull,
and his friends,
the pier was remarkably bare, most other piers we have visited had candy floss or doughnuts stalls, plus cafes and souvenir shops, and delicious Mr. Whippy ice cream, but not so here, but there may be some stalls behind the restaurant we can not see, we will have a look later,
onwards,
towards the restaurant,
but alas it was not to be, they were fully booked,
so we walked to the Beach Road, where I spotted this shop,
selling books, unfortunately closed,
we looked further along the road, but as far as we could see there were no more restaurants,
so for us on to the pier,
looking back towards the beach,
we almost had the pier to ourselves, which did not bode well for seeing any stalls on the pier,
and we were right, a total waste of space, except the restaurant which had a queue waiting for a table,
we made our way back,
looking towards the shore,
a quick pose,
in the distance,
this looked interesting,
as did this eatery,
but first a pose,
or two,
we had a look at the menu,
and decided to try here,
at Dunkerley's,
and we were in luck, there was a table for us,
note to self, remember not to smile until the tooth is fixed!
we relaxed and chatted,
as our first course arrived, seafood lasagna for Diana, traditional fish and chips for myself,
'Cheers!',
the restaurant was very nicely laid out, the waiter and service perfect,
and the food excellent, we as always have a long break,
before our desserts, a raspberry brulee for Diana, and this summer pavlova for myself, all so delicious, the bill with a bottle of wine and a coke for Diana came to £57.00, which considering it is a seaside town and we were at the front we thought was very reasonable,
well I had to have a pose well!
such wonderful plant displays,
we continued our walk past The Port Arms,
that had masses of seating outside,
I had to take a close up of one of the window boxes, they all looked so nice,
we passed the Time Ball Tower Museum,
where Diana had to have a seat on the anchor outside,
empty seats looking out to sea, you guessed it, it had started to rain,
so hoods up, well for Diana, I just got a wet head,
we made our back towards the pier and railway station,
passing the now disused cinema,
I had to have a look in here, and they did in fact have a rather nicely restored Ariel twin, but no indication of price and they were closed, so I could not inquire,
we passed this brightly painted pub,
the Walmer Castle,
a quick look at the antiques shop,
then passing the grocers,
it was time to buy a refrigerator magnet, I looked at this shipwreck map in the window,
whilst Diana popped inside,
and then here we were,
at Deal railway station, what a lovely day, walking along the front and what an excellent restaurant,
Diana settled in for the journey back, we arrived home just after 7.00 in the evening,
after putting the magnet on its new home we had a evening of Murder and Mystery, starting with one from Poirot, followed by a Midsomer Murder, and rounding off the evening with one from New Tricks, then for us we were off to bed.
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