I now have time.........................

 I finally have time to myself, and decided to do a massive overhaul and update on these pages. I'm gradually going through all of my thousands of photos that I've taken over the decades and adding them, together with historical notes and explanations.

Now, this won't be a quick process, and some of the pictures are so old, they're pre-digital. Wherever I can, given the opportunity, I will visit some of the sites and replace the pictures with better ones.

However, if there are places and buildings that no longer stand, I will leave the old ones extant. So far I've overhauled the pages for Cornwall, Dorset, Kent and London. I will complete the more comprehensive pages first, before turning my attention to the less visited (by me) places.

N.B. A second page has been added for Kent, to accommodate all future explorations, as the one page was getting too large to manage. 

It may be in the future, that I will consider doing this for other counties

Broadstairs

 So today, I rode to Broadstairs. Now I'm not a huge fan of the works of Charles Dickens, but he loved Broadstairs, and Broadstairs loves him still. If you are a fan, then try and visit if you can. It is possible to identify places in his books. It's not the easiest of places to get to - you either have to brace yourself for the huge amount of roundabouts and traffic in Westwood Cross, or brave the cluttered streets of Ramsgate. 

It's all worth while when you get there though - with narrow streets full of old buildings, that lead down to the beautiful aspects of Viking Bay.

Pictures and info on the Kent page shortly..............

A country in mourning........

 With it being the first of 12 days of National Mourning for our beloved Queen, I decided not to do one of my happy town visits, but instead, to travel to our County Town of Maidstone, where the National Monument Against Violence and Aggression is in residence for the whole of this month.

Standing 30ft. high, the Knife Angel is made from more than 10,000 bladed weapons seized by police forces all over the country, and his visits are accompanied by a knife amnesty, and a programme of school and youth visits etc. 

N.B. as it stands in the corner of Brenchley Gardens, Maidstone's Memorial Gardens, I took the opportunity to stroll around there too, and those pictures are on the usual Kent page. Meanwhile, here is the magnificent Knife Angel...............