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The last lighthouse for this trip. Ramsgate. A very sweet and quite ornate lighthouse built in 1842 and a nice one to end this part of our journey with.

#end of journey #journey #lighthouse #adventure

Boodie So excited to find this and what a treasure trove. We were walking around the edge of a cabbage field trying to get a better view of North Foreland lighthouse and the ground just felt right for Boodie. Rollo found the first piece for me. Another one of those threads. For anyone following this story, there was a link to Boodie right at the beginning, the conversation with the artist Laura Jackson at the gallery at St Abbs. I am just amazed at how this pottery gets into the ground in the middle of nowhere and each piece represents a story and lives lived.

#Boodie #pottery

Into the light. North Foreland. Current lighthouse built 1790. Very well kept.

#into the light

Day 18

Washroom conversation. Two ladies trying to guess what my accent was. I told them County Durham and said I had left over 40 years ago but never seem to have lost the accent. One of the ladies said she had left Scotland 50 years ago and never lost her accent and the reason being.....'I have never found a better one'. Here's to keeping regional accents

#regional accents #durham

Such a big thank you to my lovely friend and colleague, Sheila , for giving me this book as a leaving gift. It has been the inspiration for this trip and we certainly would not have seen what we have without it ..... and there is so much more.

#much more #save the lighthouse #to the lighthouse #travel #good friends #maps

The guy driving this vehicle thought it was funny that he had to stop in front of me but I think the colour adds to the colours I was interested in in the background. The guy reading the magazine is actually eating something healthy ( if you get the whole picture).

#food #colour #funny

This was going to be the last one but we may do two more tomorrow on the way home. Margate. A bit sad as not very artistic graffiti and dog muck and yet it still stands proud. Come on people of Margate this lighthouse deserves better. Seemed very appropriate to end on this one ( if we do) as this one was built in 1954 ( great year ) and by Dorman Long & Co who were originally based in Middlesbrough. Rollo says I place too much emphasis on these funny connections but hey,as a textile person, it all adds to the tapestry.

#tapestry #textiles #save the lighthouse

Day !!!! Not even sure what day of the week it is anymore.

We have decided to leave the Thames Estuary lighthouses until another trip but did catch this one. Prize for anyone who can find it, enlarge and send back to me ( real prize).

#save the lighthouse

Stoneness light on the south bank of the river Thames, close to Dartford River Crossing. Well that is my story. We were moving quite fast and I had to use Rollo's phone as mine has given up on me.

#river Thames

A little taste of the rest of today. An interesting exhibition in the Lookout based on Virginia Woolf's demise ( given that she wrote ‘To the Lighthouse’ I thought this was a fitting end to this leg of our trip. I wonder which lighthouse VW was going to !!!!!) I did enjoy the visit to the lookout. More fantastic skies, great food and a visit to Seamen’s Reading Room at Southwold.

#authors artists creatives #food

From a distance. The red and white painted lighthouse of Orford Ness which is situated at the end of a thirteen mile spit. Established 1634 and the present one built in 1793. Boats only visit every Saturday at the moment and the last one this year is later this month. We are contemplating coming back as there is talk that it may not be possible to visit next year. Damaged by storms and now very near to the water’s edge but hopefully something can be done.

#save the lighthouse

Our camp site for last night and tonight. I am just pleased we are self contained although having to brave the shower. Above view from our van, washing area complete with months of discarded washing up liquid bottles and pan scrubs and the shop ( hilarious). This one is a member of the caravan club but I wonder when last checked. Lots of what look like discarded caravans with awnings that have seen better times, a number of chalet type buildings one of which houses the owners mother he told us ( could be scary). Two outdoor toilets ( one with no light) two outdoor showers with large areas of daylight showing through the door. Good points …. Water hot, owner seemed friendly when we saw him and the birds sing on a morning!

I am sure Rollo will write a very fitting report.

Good night with a smile.

#skyscape

Seem to have lost this posting in the sequence. We loved these two harbour lights. They looked like they were having fun, dressed in their skirts ready for a dance ( maybe to 'My Lighthouse' ).

#dancing

Lightbulb day

Pigeons dancing on the roof, the lovely Myrtle, a visit to Pontins, interesting piece of textiles and an amazing fact about the skill of two women. What could be better? Oh we are parked next to a very old pub,in the middle of no where,called 'The Poachers Pocket,

#great day

One of the most exciting facts this trip. This is an example of an early lightbulb. Things had to be adapted when the two ladies who were responsible for assembling them retired within a short time of each other and it would seem no one else could do the job! I think this is the first major fact relating to a woman that I have been aware of this trip and what a wonderful fact it is.

#lightbulb moment

We got very wet walking back to the van and Rollo's hair went mad.

#hair

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