Margate; Sunday, 05 January, 2014

Breakfasted and checked out I headed out into a gloriously sunny morning, with just faint wisps of fluffy clouds in the sky. On the beach the tide was so far out, and the sea so calm, it was hard to imagine that yet another storm had been forecast for just a couple of hours later.

I walked across the bay again, this time arriving at the Turner Contemporary in the dry to have a proper look around the gallery.

From the Turner I wandered back through town and caught the bus out to the Hornby visitors centre to have a look around there.

After looking round the Hornby centre it was time to head back into Margate.

From the morning’s low tide and glorious sun it was now much easier to believe that there was another storm on the way. The tide was right in, and starting to churn slightly, the sky was already overcast and there was the odd spot of rain in the air, so it felt like as good a time as any to head back to the hotel, pick up my bags and then head back to the station for the train home, back through the teeth of another storm.