Ramsgate; Saturday, 23 May, 2015

I hadn’t booked breakfast in the hotel and instead popped out to a nearby café for a spot of breakfast before going for a wander round Ramsgate.

I had a walk up through the Albion Palace Gardens, and their man-made ravine, to the East Cliff and took in the views from there before taking the lift back down to harbour level and visiting the very interesting Maritime Museum.

The harbour, and the town, were very busy with celebrations for the 75th anniversary of Operation Dynamo, the evacuation of forces from the beaches at Dunkirk, many of the boats having started their crossing from the harbour at Ramsgate.

Consequently many of the small ships had gathered in the harbour and were open to look around, including the only recently restored Medway Queen.

After taking in the small ships and a visit to the beautiful Seaman’s chapel I headed back into town to have a bite to eat.

By now the cloudy and damp weather had deteriorated to a full on downpour so I sheltered in a café for a little while before doing some sightseeing of Pegwell Bay from the dry and warmth of a local bus.

A couple of hours later back in Ramsgate the weather was finally improving and I went for a long walk around the harbour and out along the breakwater for some stunning views of the town in now glorious sunshine.

I popped back to the hotel to freshen up and then headed out for dinner in a very nice Indian restaurant on the West Cliff.