This morning, our first stop was Ryder Motorcycles in Sittingbourne for Ginny's new boots. She'd got many miles out of the old set, too many if I'm honest. The pics tell the story.
Actually quite ashamed to have been riding with it in that state.
From there we made our sway along the north kent coast, through Whitstable and Margate. Weather was ok but cloudy. Not raining, that's the main thing. A shame for Grizzly, as he'd bought some new waterproof leggings in Ryder. After passing through Ramsgate we stopped off at the Spitfire and Hurricane Memorial Museum at Manston. Both aircraft on show were restored by my Spitfire Club, that's MAPS.
Miving on, we arranged to meet my brother at the Battle of Britain Memorial at Capel le Ferne. We had just enough time to use the facilities and take some photos before he arrived.
We then followed him back to his house where, Claire, my sister in law prepared some sandwiches for us.
Moving on we made our way down to Dungeness and through Camber Sands before making a brief stop at Rye harbour. We had a fuel stop in Hastings, which left us a short drive to our Hotel. I had a feeling it might be a bit of a dive. I wasn't wrong and the clientele are a bit rough and ready to say the least, totally flouting covid rules. We were the only 2 wearing masks.
We got ready to go out, as there is no meal option and we didn't fancy sitting watching football with that crowd. 10 minutes down the road, we found tge Royal Victoria Hotel on the seafront. Posh looking it has probably seen grander times but is miles above what we are staying in. We got a table for dinner and a space in front of the telly for England v Denmark, so all was good. Meal was very nice and pints of Stella washed it down nicely. England won, so almost the perfect day.
Tomorrow we head for Bournemouth and a rendezvous with our Route 66 pals Simon and Viv.
These boys were in the hotel briefly, to support England no doubt. Noisy blighters. As bad as Grizzly's snoring 🤣
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