Bargain – 3 tier steamer for less than half price.
Father’s day, so I made Mal breakfast in bed and he opened his presents and cards. After breakfast we went off to Broadstairs for the Dickens Festival.
A bit of background info:
“Charles Dickens visited Broadstairs in Kent regularly from 1837 until 1859 and immortalised the town as”Our English Watering Place”.
In 1937, to commemorate the centenary of the author’s first visit, Gladys Waterer, the then owner of Dickens House, conceived the idea of putting on a production of David Copperfield and of having people about the town in Victorian dress to publicise it. Thus the festival was born and, with the exception of the years of World War 2, has been held annually in the third week of June ever since.”
It is always good and everyone gets in the swing of it. There was an art exhibition, loads of marquees with crafts and food for sale. We wandered around and then couldn’t resist cheesy chips by the sea! I loved the idea of chips in buckets (see picture), I bet the grandkids would love that! I sat with my chips half covered as the seagulls were hovering around us again! We then went into the Tartar Frigate for a beer or wine in my case. Mal loves that pub as they do masses of real ales!
We then went back to Victoria Gardens (still along the sea front) and settled in our deck chairs for the “cricket match”. Queen Victoria was there! It was the funniest cricket match I have watched with the Dickensians winning and then being presented with their medals by Queen Vic! We then went and had an Italian ice cream and back home. What a lovely way to spend a Sunday.
We rang the boys in Cardiff in the evening and they had a good day too going out for a long walk and spoiling their dad.
Thought for the Day – “Reflect upon your present blessings of which every man has many – not on your past misfortunes, of which all men have some.” ~ Charles Dickens