Last Week We Booked A Table,

for an afternoon cream tea,

 in Royal Tunbridge Wells,  

 so today we took a drive to the town,

 and strolled along the High Street,

 this is where we will be having our tea and scones, The Ivy,

 a quick pose outside,

 and we were on our way to look around the town,

 lots of shops as you might expect,

 and more than a few side streets to explore,

 this one with a nice eye catching display,

 this jewellers was most impressive,

 as was this one opposite, 

 we made our way,

 towards the main pedestrianised shopping area,

if there is one thing I do not like about the UK, it is all of the rubbish bins on display, they look a total eyesore no matter how neatly they are placed, what has happened to make the country look like a giant rubbish tip? it never used to be like this, but there it is, I am now living in modern times,

 we continued our walk,

 so many fascinating shops to look at,

 but this was where we were heading,

 the Pantiles, and this is the address to have!

 we started our walk,

 the outside tables put out more in hope than anticipation,

 it was bitingly cold,

 but no matter for us as we wrapped warm,

 the whole street seemed almost deserted, 

in the summer the place is packed,

 but today we almost had the place to ourselves,

 just a few other Saturday shoppers out and about,

 this seafood restaurant looked nice,

 in a building that had above the door, established in 1745,

 I was intrigued by the balcony above this shop,

 the legend says it all,

 in the lower street the Corn Exchange,

 next to it,

 a building with the Royal crest,

 so Diana had to have a pose,

or two,

 a closeup of the crest,

 behind us the Pantiles

 looking back to where we had walked from,

 and the sign,

that says it all, 

 one more pose,

 and then it was my turn, 

 we walked back along the lower road,

 still no takers to sit outside,

 passing some of the side streets,

 we were soon at the restaurant for our booking, and it was a good job we did book, the place was packed!

 we both had our own pots of tea,

 our afternoon snack arrived,

 and nice it looked too, 

 top up the Rosy Lee,

 and start our snack, 

and the order is, well for us,

 sandwiches,  

cakes, 

lastly scones with cream and jam, 

 a quick look at the bar, the table next to us had just become vacant and was filled in less time than it takes to type this, hardly a soul on the street but this restaurant is fully booked even in the low season,

  we both had a plate of sandwiches each, so now on to the top layer of cakes,

 a delicious meal, including service charge the bill came to just over £40,

so a quick pose in the doorway, and we were on our way home,

 later in the evening our meal,

 starting with mussels,

 spare ribs for Diana, 

lamb chops for myself,

'Cheers!', we listened to music for the rest of the evening, I am only making this one post today as we are having an early breakfast and going to watch the London Marathon and the run upto it on the television, and with that we were off to bed.