we got back home just after twelve, and since then have had pork pie for lunch, and for me, a bottle of the porter. Coming after a visit to a country pub as well where I was duty-bound to sample their wares.
But, we are getting ahead of ourselves a little. Yesterday's blog did not get finished as we went to bed real early yesterday, as the kittens have been trying to dig their way into our room in the wee small hours. If the noise is not enough, when they do get in, instead of sleeping they see toes and lumps under the duvet as play things. This morning it was three o'clock, although we did go back to sleep, it meant a night of broken sleep, and thoughts of what we are going to do tonight so as to get some sleep until dawn. Our team of experts is working on it.
Talking of cats and kittens, things are settling down, less hissing and spitting, it might even mean a peaceful house within a month!
We were off out of the house before eight this morning; and off up the A2 to Canterbury. I wanted to take a shot of an old pub for a friend, snap an attractive church for myself, and for the both of us, looking at a new bathroom.
The pub was on a main road into the city, but at dawn it did not look too good, being at the edge of a retail park. we will go back one day to sample the beers for sure. And then off to the church, St Dunstan's. It is now beside the main road through the city, or around the city centre, but once it must have been a wonderfully quiet area back before mass transport came.
It was closed, of course, but attractive enough as it was with dawn's brightening light behind it's tower.
We drove to a central car park, and then walked into the city centre to find a nice place to have a coffee and a bite to eat. We found an Italian themed place, but had toast and either jam or marmalade as well as a huge Americano.
It was now nine, and the shops began to open, and so we walked to the bathroom shop to see their wares. what we found was shocking; £6000 baths and £4000 showers! Seems like our plans with either have to be changed or delayed. we took a nice brochure and we reminded as we left that they do a 'free' design service.
So, having done everything in the city we headed back to the car, just as the rush of people arriving into the city peaked. We drove out, but instead of heading straight home we thought of heading to a music shop in Deal; but instead of taking the road out east I stayed on the Dover road. But, there are many possible roads, and so we headed off through the country from the A2. At the first village, Patrixbourne, I was seduced by the signs to the church; and so we turned off and headed off up a narrow lane towards the church.
The church is fine, and set amongst some stunning houses and oast house conversions. We snapped the scene and the church; but for me, sadly, was locked, and so we made do with looking at the wonderful village before heading back to the car. Like a lot of villages now, Patrixbourne has no pub or shop; it is near Canterbury, but that does mean a ten mile round trip to get the paper of a pint of milk.
We ended up in another village, Ickham; famous for it's quadruple towered oast house conversion; and it was a view of these we did first; heading off up a footpath between the oasts and a row of cottages.
The church is another fine one, set back from the road over a huge village green. And wonderfully, it was open, and we went in so I could snap it to add to my list. It was now eleven, and the pub over the road was just open, and so we made our way there for a thirst-quencher, and a read of The Times.
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