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CLIFF
FABULOUS!
PAMELA WADE FINDS
Sunset is a
crowd-pleaser CHARMS APLENTY IN KENT
at Whitstable’s
quaint seafront.
never thought “glamorous” With impeccable timing, just
was a word I’d use in Kent. as we walked past a wartime
II expected it to be pretty gun emplacement, a Spitfire
but domesticated – and then flew overhead, the clatter of its
the White Cliffs of Dover took engine evoking the Battle of
my breath away. Britain and, again, more drama.
Up close, the Arriving early on a brilliant It was a perfect moment.
famous White Cliffs summer’s day, we beat the bank In fact, our weekend in Kent
of Dover are even
more spectacular. holiday crowds to the track that was full of delights. We stayed
runs along the grassy top of the in a converted coach house
cliffs. Down below, the English attached to a sweet little country
Channel was doing a remarkable pub where the boss was Charlie
impression of the Pacific: clear, the terrier, and we cruised from
turquoise and sparkling. That one charming seaside town
was a treat in itself, but even to another. Deal, Ramsgate,
better were the cliffs themselves, Broadstairs, Margate – they
more than 100m high, brilliantly all had pretty sand or pebbled
white in the sunshine, sculpted beaches, or harbours full of
by the weather and – no colourful boats, surrounded by
other description would do inviting pubs and restaurants.
– dramatically glamorous. But best of all was Whitstable.
On our walk we found a It was gorgeous, a classic
lighthouse with a tea room at little old fishing port with a craft
its base, wild ponies grazing, market, art shops, cafés, stately
blackberries to pick, cheerful buildings, churches, a theatre
people walking shiny dogs and old pubs festooned with
and Dover Castle on the colourful hanging baskets,
skyline. It was all just lovely all humming with the holiday
and then it got even better. weekend. Down at the harbour
