Margate; Saturday, 04 January, 2014

Breakfast consumed I headed out of the hotel and along the sea front, up past the gallery and onto the Eastern cliffs, taking in the views from the former fort, and the temporary art installation of a house with its entire frontage slipped down.

I wandered through some of the back streets and eventually found myself at the spectacular shell grotto which I had a long look around, before heading back towards the centre of town, stopping off at the Tudor House on the way.

A walk through the Old Town, with a quick stop for a pint of a very nice local brew in a specialist Ale and Cider pub, and I found myself by the bus stop for The Loop bus service which links the seaside towns of Margate, Broadstairs and Ramsgate together.

With the skies indicating another heavy shower was on its way I decided to hop on board and travel a bit further round the coast.

In the time it took to get to the next major seaside town, Broadstairs, the spectacular downpour came and went, so by the time I arrive there it was back to being very windy, but dry.

I had a bit of a wander along the cliffs above the beautiful bay that the town sits on, before heading to the nearby Royal Albion hotel for a very late lunch, during which I sat out another downpour.

Sated, I headed back to the bus stop and continued on into Ramsgate, arriving just as the light of the day was fading. I had a wander round for a bit, but with spits of rain starting to fall I decided it would probably be wise to head back to the bus, making it back to the shelter of the bus stop just a few moments before both the bus, and the next downpour arrived.

This downpour lasted almost the entire way back into Margate, at times the water was running down the windows so fast it looked like we were in a car wash.

Back in Margate and with just a brief rest bite in the bad weather I decided not to risk it and instead headed back to the hotel to again have dinner there.