Swiss Cheese..................

 No, not really, although I was tempted to have some with my salad. Little trip to Folkestone today, and lunch at Little Switzerland. 

If you don't know it, the east end of Folkestone is home to East Cliff, Little Switzerland and the Warren. East Cliff is  home to the East Cliff Pavilion venue, a Martello Tower and a small golf course. 

Past the East Cliff, is the Warren Country Park and nature reserve. Both that, and Little Switzerland above the Warren, are renowned for their reptiles. Yes, there are adders, but as long as you and your dogs don't disturb them, and you keep to the paths, they would rather slither away than have truck with people and canines. There's loads of lizards.

Little Switzerland, which lies halfway up the cliffs, is home to a caravan park with a smashing cafe open to the public. Unless you are staying there, the parking is only for customers of the cafe. You can't just rock up and go for a walk - there simply isn't room. If that's what you want to do, you will need to park down at the Warren.

Anyway, enjoy the pictures, on the Kent page under Folkestone

Sittingbourne, Murston and Bapchild

 Now, having spent some of my childhood in Sittingbourne, I knew not to expect much - and I was right. 

It was never a posh place, existing mostly because of its brickmaking industry, and to serve the Thames Barges putting into the quays along Milton Creek and the Swale.

Hard on those trades, came Kemsley paper mills  - which was started and owned by a distant relative. All this means that the town had a working ethos

So I didn't expect too much in the way of interesting history, other than that which exists because of my family. So you will have to excuse my odd reminiscences of the place, but it might give you a little insight into how the town used to be.

I 'm about to put it all on the Kent2 page, together with a little bit of Murston, and an even smaller bit about Bapchild, two small suburbs of the town.