Kent

This is part of West Bay and the new café on the seafront. A little about Westgate-on-Sea. Westgate-on-Sea is located in northeast Kent, on the coast of the Thames Estuary. It is bordered by the town of Margate to the east and the village of Birchington-on-Sea to the west. The town is built beside the two sandy bays of St Mildred's Bay and West Bay, which both have a sea wall and groynes to prevent coastal flooding. Chalk cliffs are present in between the bays and either side of the bays. The whole of the northeast Kent coast has been designated a Site of Special Scientific Interest. The town lies on the Isle of Thanet, a separate island from mainland Kent until around two hundred years ago, when the channel in between silted up. The geology of Thanet consists mainly of chalk, deposited when the area was below the sea. The Isle of Thanet was formed when the English Channel was formed by the sea breaking through, an island of chalk being left on the east side of the county. It was separated from the rest of Kent by the Wantsum Channel. MY THANKS FOR ALL VISITS AND COMMENTS IT IS APPRECIATED

The Pitts Special (company designations S-1 and S-2) is a series of light aerobatic biplanes designed by Curtis Pitts. It has accumulated many competition wins since its first flight in 1944. The Pitts biplanes dominated world aerobatic competition in the 1960s and 1970s and, even today, remain potent competition aircraft in the lower categories. This one on display at the RAF Manston History Museum is actually a radio controlled model! It is 7/8ths the size of the real one, any bigger and the Civil Aviation Authority would not have allowed it to fly as it would be too big for controlling from the ground. This one is the Pitts S-1 designation. I have left part of the full size jet underneath to give an idea of scale. Best viewed large! MY THANKS TO ALL WHO VISIT AND COMMENT IT IS APPRECIATED

The Church is St Mary-in-Castro (explanation below) and next to it is the Roman Lighthouse. There are records of a church being built 'within the castle' (Latin 'in castra') by Eadbald of Kent in the 630s. However, it is unclear whether this means within the Saxon burgh (usually dated to later than 630) on the Eastern Heights, or within the ruins of old Roman fortifications in the valley. The large, late-Saxon cemetery around the present church does suggest the existence of a c.600 church, but not definitively. Whether or not it had a predecessor, the present Saxon church was built on the Eastern Heights around AD1000. It is immediately adjacent to the surviving eastern pharos, which was used as a source of spolia (spoil): Roman tiles can be still be seen in the church fabric, particularly in the window arches (usually of stone), and flint and tile from the pharos is used throughout the church's walls. The plinth that projects out from beneath the church and on which it stands, however, is of new stone. The church is cruciform with a central tower the same width as the nave but broader than the chancel and transepts. The nave has no aisles. The door arch is the earliest to survive in any standing church in England. The building next to the Church is possibly the oldest building in England as it is a Roman lighthouse constructed in the 1st Century AD the top stage was reconstructed 1415-1437. Complete with Roman lightning conducter!!!! The coast of France is some 20.7 miles from Dover or 33km. I managed to catch 2 ships sailing across the pond! Taken from the top of the great tower Dover Castle. My Thanks to all who visit and comment it is appreciated

I have been passing this barn for at least 25 years and it has always looked the same, now I know why, the barns and the granary (on the left) are grade 2 listed ! (or should I say listing!!) I said I wouldn't give away the exact location, suffice it to say it is on the Isle of Thanet in Kent. I suppose the building must be secured in some way. They were originally built in the 16th and 18th Century. Best viewed Large please!! My thanks to all who visit and comment it is appreciated.

The nearest this southerner gets to Rocks Andy! Dover from an aeroplane when I was younger!!

More commonly known as the Paradise apple, will bear the fruit in the autumn, good for cider making. Seen in a Ramsgate garden MY THANKS TO ALL WHO VISIT AND COMMENT IT IS APPRECIATED

Part of the Village of Barham leading to the Lychgate of St John's Church, the green copper spire towers over the houses. A very pretty place not far from Canterbury. The name Barham was spelt Bioraham in 799, from Biora (derived from Beora, a Saxon chief) and Ham ("settlement" or "homestead"). MY THANKS TO ALL WHO VISIT AND COMMENT IT IS APPRECIATED

Coldred comes from the Old English ‘col’ meaning ‘coal, especially charcoal’ with ‘ryde’ as a ‘clearing’; therefore, a ‘clearing where coal is found or made’. The Domesday Book records Coldred as Colret. Coldred parish church is dedicated to Saint Pancras, one of only 6 such dedications in the country. The Normans built the Church in the 11th century, within the newly constructed Motte and Bailey castle which was built by Bishop Odo of Bayeux, half-brother to William the Conqueror. An unknown founder cast a bell in the 14th century, which split in two in 1939. The two cell church remained much the same for the next 500 years. There was some restoration done by the Victorians. The uneven ground around the church is caused by the remains of the castle mentioned above, many Roman artefacts have been found in the surrounding area. Coldred, at nearly 400 feet (122 m) above sea level, is one of the highest places in East Kent MY THANKS TO ALL WHO VISIT AND COMMENT IT IS APPRECIATED

The top of the cliff lift Westcliff Ramsgate Kent