Rye area weekend break in East Sussex and Kent October
2005 - page 2
Starting with a further look at our lovely welcoming
guest house in Ivychurch on Romney Marsh in the Kent countryside, on
the Sunday of our weekend break we took a rickety ride from Dungeness
to Hythe on the narrow guage Romney, Hythe & Dymchurch Railway in
Kent.
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This is our room at the Olde Moat House in Ivychurch in Kent.
Full of thoughtful touches and with helpful owners, we had a very
comfortable weekend break. We managed to fuse the lights one
evening!
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Breakfasts at the Olde Moat House were simply wonderful! Fruits,
homemade bread, muesli preserves and a cooked breakfast with individual
percolated coffee - excellent!
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On the Saturday evening of our weekend break we headed to the Woolpack
Inn in Warehorne, Kent arriving at 6pm before opening. We had a
delicious meal there, but sadly the staff seemed rather surly.
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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 13˝ miles.
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Looking the other way along the railway platform, the small building on
the near left is the station building. Dungeness Power Station is
in the left background.
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Being a narrow gauge railway, the carriages were rather small.
Even Mike had to crouch right down to get in, now that's a first!
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The station at Romney Sands is a passing point on Kent's Romney, Hythe
and Dymchurch Railway and we saw this miniature looking steam train
coming the other way. According to the Sat Nav our train reached the
dizzying max speed of 23 mph!
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At 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 to see
our page of relevant UK tourist websites.
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A quick squiss at the handy 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 early
autumn sunshine.
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Phew - wot a scorcher in the Kent sunshine!
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We found this average looking pub in the centre of Hythe that was much
better than average on the inside. The Swan Hotel had a carvery
to which we availed ourselves and very friendly and helpful staff - a
pleasant change to other pubs we visited during our Rye weekend break.
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Back at the Romney, Hythe and Dymchurch Railway were were very pleased
to see we had a steam locomotive to haul us on the return
journey. The train 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!
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Now back at Dungeness the train driver oiled his engine. We had a
very enjoyable weekend break, staying in that excellent guest house and
visiting some of Kent's attractions. After the somewhat
uncomfortable and sooty ride we...
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...had a quick coffee in the Light Railway Café then returned to our
guest house for the final night of our weekend break. That's
Dungeness Power Station in the background and it was amazing to think
this part of Kent used to be under the sea 1000 years ago!
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