UK Tourist & Leisure Attractions

Erm, at Camber Castle the notice says something about protecting ancient monuments of national importance.  Hmm...
 

This picture is taken from the harbour road across the river towards Rye and shows what a compact historic town it is.  We found it well worth the visit, although it'll undoubtedly be busier in summer.  We have links to Rye tourist websites and many of the places we visited in Rye on our tourist links page.

In the evening we went to 'The Woolpack Inn' in Warehorne, arriving at 6 pm before they opened.  We had a delicious meal there, but the staff seemed rather surly.
 

This is our room at the Olde Moat House in Ivychurch.  Full of thoughtful touches and with helpful owners, we had a very comfortable stay.  Belinda fused the lights one evening!

Breakfasts at the Olde Moat House were wonderful!  Fruits, homemade bread, muesli preserves and a cooked breakfast with individual percolated coffee!  Excellent!
 

This ugly thing is the diesel locomotive that took us on our outward journey on the Romney, Hythe and Dymchurch Railway from Dungeness in Kent, a narrow gauge railway of 13½ miles.

Looking the other way, the small building on the near left is the station building.  Dungeness Power Station is in the left background.
 

Being a narrow gauge railway, the carriages were rather small.  Even Mike had to crouch down to get in, that's a first!

The station at Romney Sands is a crossing point on the Romney, Hythe and Dymchurch Railway and we saw this steam train coming the other way.  According to the Sat Nav our train reached the dizzying max speed of 23 mph!
 

Journey's end at Hythe, the locomotive was decoupled and moved round to the front of the train for the return journey.  That man and son could've been Mike + Dad 30 years ago!  Don't forget our page of relevant UK tourist websites.

A quick squiss at the information point and we were on our way alongside the Royal Military Canal into Hythe, a distance of about half a mile.  And a nice little walk it was too in the late summer sunshine.

Phew!  Wot a scorcher!
 

We found this average looking pub in Hythe centre that was much better than average on the inside.  They had a carvery to which we availed ourselves and very friendly and helpful staff - a pleasant change to other pubs we had visited during our break.

Back at the Romney, Hythe and Dymchurch Railway were were pleased to see we had a steam locomotive for the return journey.  It also had a shop carriage selling the railway's own steam ale, so Mike had to buy a bottle!  To keep as a souvenir, you understand!
 

Back at Dungeness the train driver oiled his engine.  The Romney, Hythe and Dymchurch Railway website link is on our links page.  We had a very enjoyable weekend away, staying in an excellent guest house and visiting some of the area's attractions.

After the somewhat uncomfortable and sooty ride, a quick coffee in the Light Railway Café later and we returned to our guest house for our final night.  This shot shows Belinda getting into the car with Dungeness Power Station in the background.  This area used to be under the sea 1000 years ago!