Sign seen in the Underground this morning
"If at first you don't succeed, don't take up skydiving."
Heard frequently on the trains and buses "Juno wo(t)" "Blimey" seems to be making a comeback.
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| Embankment Gardens |
I caught a train from Charing Cross to Ashford which gave me plenty of time to make the connection to Hastings. Romney Marsh was pleasant with many old lambs in the fields.
Hastings was much worse than I remember it, just like Margate a couple of years ago. Eminently forgettable, full up with nasty, low end stores, trinket stands and inhabited by nasty people. However, it was possible to get jellied eels, cockles and mussels. I didn't stay long. The tide was in and the waves were quite heavy, a squall had just gone through and another one was on the horizon. I walked back to the station eating a boxful of cod and chips and caught the first train back to London.
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| Net Drying Tower - probably a listed building now |
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| The East Cliff funicular was not operating. |
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| Fishing boats pulled up on the stones - pretty small to go out in a heavy sea. |
