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Down to the sea in the morning. It was a very high tide again.
Mal has been thinking about getting an allotment and there are some just down the road by us but we know from times gone by that they are like gold dust. He had just made his mind up that he would never get one. I told him if you don’t phone, you never find out! So he phoned about the ones by Quex park and yes there was a waiting list. BUT there were some vacant in Garlinge and so we did no more than drove straight down there and met the guy in charge and Mal chose his plot out of three that were empty. He won’t get the key to the gate until after Christmas but he is getting very excited as we used to grow all our own vegetables and it will be nice to have tasty,fresh vegetables again. It’s a shame we didn’t know before or he could have had all his gardening needs fulfilled by Father Christmas.
Later in the afternoon we drove over to the Blazing Donkey at Ham. It has become a bit of a tradition that we stay there for a night pre Christmas AND they are dog friendly so of course Ellie came too. The hotel is a bit hit and miss but the food is always excellent even if the service sometimes is not that good. It’s a little Fawlty Towers but this is one of my Groupon bargains and it costs £60 for bed and breakfast and a 3 course evening meal! The meal is worth more than that and it means the fact we are staying the night that I can have a glass of wine or two or three.
Well, on this occasion, the service and everything was excellent, no complaints at all. The guy running the bar and waiting on tables was so nice. They had small glass red stars on each table with a tea light candle in them. Mal was reading his menu, next thing his menu caught alight, too near to the flame. He apologised to the waiter who laughed and then proceeded to tell every other diner in the restaurant, at least it gave everyone a laugh. Ellie liked the piece of Kentish lamb I took her back to the room!
Thought for the Day – “One of the most glorious messes in the world is the mess created in the living room on Christmas. Don’t clean it up too quickly.” ~ Andy Rooney