Holiday in Dungeness

[XmisterIS]

No contest - I chose Dungeness.

So you'll not be needing any lights on your bike at night any more, now that you're glow-in-the-dark?

 

[NickM]

...grammar and punctuation are flawless (apart from two missing apostrophes) Also, the writer is clearly well-informed about the area, it's geography and history.

Are you a grocer, perchance?

 

[Paul Narramore]

We like Dungeness and until a change of management a few years ago, the Pilot pub used to do the best fish & chips on the South Coast. A couple of weeks ago we drove the bikes down to Hythe and rode along the sea wall to Dungeness and had a great meal in the Brittania pub, next to the power station. Steak & Kidney pie followed by a spirited ride back to Hythe - oh.

Incidentally Romney Marsh is the only designated desert in the UK. It doesn't have to have sand dunes and camels but apparently is all to do with the rainfall, or lack of it.

 

[dellzeqq]

Derek Jarman's garden is an absolute must. It's exquisite.

The degree to which his thoughts on gardening have been co-opted by landscape gardeners is remarkable - were he to be released from heaven for just a day, and taken to the Chelsea Flower Show I think Jarman would be tickled pink by the way trendy garden designers use rough and ready found objects to sculptural effect.

 

[XmisterIS]

Derek Jarman's garden is an absolute must. It's exquisite.

The degree to which his thoughts on gardening have been co-opted by landscape gardeners is remarkable - were he to be released from heaven for just a day, and taken to the Chelsea Flower Show I think Jarman would be tickled pink by the way trendy garden designers use rough and ready found objects to sculptural effect.

Whut????

Is that in Dungeness too?!

 

[Wigsie]

I am not so sure.... a previous job used to see me round there a fair bit... the bleakness and levels of depression it forces upon the majority that go there are only rivaled by the isle of sheppey!

 

[Fnaar]

We used to have childhood holidays (now and again) at nearby Camber... so Dungeness is like a background to my summer hols

 

[Wigsie]

We used to have childhood holidays (now and again) at nearby Camber... so Dungeness is like a background to my summer hols

I do love Rye and Camber and most of the stuff inland from the A259 is enjoyable countryside for riding, its that pinnacle of dullness around Dungeoness, Lydd etc I cant stand.

 

[Panter]

I am not so sure.... a previous job used to see me round there a fair bit... the bleakness and levels of depression it forces upon the majority that go there are only rivaled by the isle of sheppey!

Bloody cheek!

Yep, parts of the Isle of Sheppey are desolately beautiful too (Eastchurch Gap, round past Shellness towards Harty Ferry etc)

 

[Wigsie]

Bloody cheek!

Yep, parts of the Isle of Sheppey are desolately beautiful too (Eastchurch Gap, round past Shellness towards Harty Ferry etc)

We re-named the road over to Sheppey the BOBD (Boulevard of Broken Dreams) dont think I ever had a day there that I didnt come home miserable!

But apologies if I offended you.

 

[ianrauk]

Bromley Cyclists/YACF did a Dungeness ride couple of weeks back. With lunch at the Pilot. Dungeness is a very weird but strangely beautiful place.

 

[Panter]

Bromley Cyclists/YACF did a Dungeness ride couple of weeks back. With lunch at the Pilot. Dungeness is a very weird but strangely beautiful place.

Certainly is, just like parts of Sheppey

Take a couple of Hours out sitting on the road down to the Elm Marshes reserve of the old A249 (BoBD indeed! ) and watch the Marsh Harriers wheeling and calling over the Marsh whilst the sun sets.
Mesmorising and stunningly beautiful

 

[Noodley]

I was trying to work out why anyone would go on holiday in Dungarees....

 

[dellzeqq]

I am not so sure.... a previous job used to see me round there a fair bit... the bleakness and levels of depression it forces upon the majority that go there are only rivaled by the isle of sheppey!

Ahem! Sheppey is sublime. But not as sublime as Mersea...

 

[Yellow Fang]

What are the house prices like around there? Does the nuclear power station bring them down a bit?