Easter in England – part 6

The last place we went was pretty unusual Dungeness. Dungeness is a very odd place. It’s classified as Britain’s only desert by the Met Office. It’s one of the largest, if not the largest shingle spits in Europe.  It has 600 species of plant that grow there – about 30% of the total number of species in the UK. It’s a site of multiple…

Easter in England 2015 – part 5

The magical mystery tour continued – I was thinking we might go see Rye harbour and Rye castle but the kids weren’t keen, so we popped into Camber Sands for an ice cream and a paddle in the sea. I like Camber, we go there a bit as it’s safe, easy to get to and family friendly.

Easter in England 2015 – part 4

It’s getting towards the end of my trip now.  It was a gorgeous day forecast and none of us were sure what we wanted to do.  So I made an executive decision – we’d go on a magical mystery tour. First stop, one of the old towns along the Kent and East Sussex coast – Rye

Easter in England 2015 – part 3

We met up with the my sisters and their kids at Bedgebury Pinetum.  It’s a fair drive from my parents place and we got a bit lost (note to Bedgebury folks – the directions were a bit crap and the place isn’t really marked on my GPS).  Still – it’s getting lost through amazing countryside, so it was no big deal. After a quick coffee, we booked…

Easter in England 2015 – part 2

We often go out for lunch to Sevenoaks when I’m over – a special treat in a really nice restaurant that is open all day – so early or late is no problem.  It’s not normally packed out, so we can usually just rock up and get a table without an issue. This place specialises in pizza, which makes everyone happy 😉

Easter in England 2015 – part 1

It’s that time of year again – another trip to England to see my children. I arrived in England early in the morning and Heathrow was packed.  As in 2 hour queue to get through passport control. Luckily, I knew the epassport gate was on the left of the line, so I wiggled through to the unloved machines and was out within 15 minutes.