We Did Not Know It,

but today would be our last weekend out,

for some time, as tomorrow on Sunday, we learnt that a month long lockdown would be put in place, back to Saturday, glad rags on and onto the Beckenham Green,

where the Halloween display was,

I thought Diana would sit here,

and here,

train from Beckenham Junction to Bromley South, coffees for the journey,

as we settle down,

for a couple of selfies,

we were soon in Ramsgate, the only Royal Harbour in the UK,

we made our way from the station,

looking at some of the many old buildings on the way,

I had to take a photograph of 'Stanley's', whatever it was that the shop sold,

the church ready for the Remembrance Services,

a nicely decorated shop,

we continue downwards the harbour,

I have to say it, like all of the towns by harbours, there were so many public houses, and Ramsgate is no exception,

guess who had to have a look in here?

I wonder if this Stanleys had anything to do with the other Stanleys?

this is a near delivery vehicle,

we will be back here tomorrow,

no prizes for guessing who was looking in the clothes shop!

it was a nice day,

looking at the Royal Pavilion,

after a quick pose we decided to eat,

at first outside,

but it was so chilly and windy,

we decided to sit inside,

upstairs in the huge drinking/dining area,

looking outside,

there was a 'Rocker', abut the same age as myself from the Ace Café, with his immaculate Triumph 'Bathtub' Speed Twin,

no queueing at the bar, table service only,

the Rocker had left, just before it started chucking it down,

lunch was served,

a ham and cheese panini for Diana, fish and chips for myself,

then out into the rain,

for a look,

and a pose,

or two around the harbour,

but you know us,

wet or dry we are always OK!

a strange name for a association, the Ramsgate Home for Smack Boys, which was founded in 1881, and no it was not a S & D house of ill repute, it was a home to young apprenticed boys who fished in boats known as Smacks,

up the stairs next door,

and all was well,

thankfully my knees not playing up, no problems climbing a few stairs for Diana,

the view across the harbour,

and looking down,

Diana's coat a little rain swept,

I am not quiet sure what this was,

but something nautical I am sure,

on the other side of the road, small out of the wind and rain viewing areas,

we started on our way down,

admiring some of the boats in the harbour,

if only we had the money I would be the proud owner of a John Bain motor cruiser, like this one, OK maybe a bit bigger, say 64 foot, 

a panorama of the harbour,

we continued down,

looking across the harbour,

some of the boats almost having a garden!

nearly there,

and looking down this is where we were headed,

but first,

looking above,

our restaurant for the evening,

almost there,

at the harbour side cafes and bars,

and this was the one we choose,

for a coffee and some cake,

it was now time to register in our hotel,

our room,

had a great view of the harbour,

just a pity it was raining,

but the sky started to clear,

as it turned into a nice evening,

all set,

and we were off,

for the short walk to La Magnolia, 

Diana decided on a glass of water, a red for myself,

we were lucky in that in our section there were only 2 tables, and we had booked one of them,

a quick selfie,

and one of Diana, 

we had decided against a starter, Diana chose for her main course, a calzone polpette, which she declared to be delicious,

for myself baby lamb chops with sauté potatoes,

desserts of rum baba for myself and pistachio tiramisu for Diana,

we rounded the meal off with a coffee each, 

before the walk downhill to our hotel, what a lovely day, I am only making one post today as it is a big one and I am trying to catch up with the weekend, arriving at the hotel we were soon off to bed,