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Plane crash latest and insider scoop, from your Kent correspondent

Nope, sorry, it's miles away, about as far from us as you can be and still be in Kent. BBC news on the crash here.We were in Canterbury yesterday when we saw this, in a pub of all places. We were due to be heading home at this time but someone got t...
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Weekend! Curry! Spazzy twitches! Everything!

Great weekend, bailed out of work slightly early and got the train to Mum and Dad's, for a nice long relaxing weekend. As previously mentioned, Clare was in London drinking and dancing with her friends, and definitely not lighting fires, and I was he...

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Beer and rugby

Got a good weekend lined up I think, not going to Canterbury this week, though I will be in a Canterbury frame of mind as I'm seeing a mortgage advisor Saturday morning to see what we can do. Then, it's Dover beer festival, either going there at lunc...
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Sorry I know nothing of the history

There is a baptist chapel just around the corner, on Rendezvous Street, that is now a Wetherspoons pub.
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A journey into the unknown...

Went to Ashford yesterday, for a day out, as Clare had the day off and we wanted to go bowling. Man alive, it's rubbish there... I'm kind of glad we hit the very worst high street type parts of the town first, as it meant that Ashford grew on us as t...

History in my day

Another bright and breezy morning, just cool enough to stop me walking down town in just a t-shirt, but warm enough not to stop me walking down town at all. I headed the usual route past the courts and the DSS (all the nice scenic points), to what I�...

Folkestone spoon?

Just looking on ebay for Folkestone, curious to see what's there, and as well as tonnes of vintage postcards, I saw this engraved spoon, how odd!...

Another action packed weekender

The new computer est arriv�! Had no time to play with it yet as it's been such a busy weekend, and so had no time to get pictures off the camera yet, so my weekend diarisation and explanation is without illustration so far, sorry (see pictures by my ...

Decent places to get a coffee

Again a bit late...Yep Folkestone is crap for bars and cafes. Also, the Quarter ceased in August 2005 unfortunately because they all needed to make a living and it was mainly self funded. However, should you want a good coffee, better than Chambers, ...

When commuting goes bad

I'm getting bored of this terror alert lark now, last night it took us more than five hours to get home. Got the train as far as Marden, when we ground to a halt, a suspect package on a train in front of us. So we waited, and waited, and probably sho...

NICE weekend

Had a visit from the best man, and we went to Canterbury and then eating and drinking in Folkestone; one each in Skuba Bar, and The Office, then a good curry in The New Delhi and then a couple more in Wetherspoons. The food looked good in The Office....

Easter beaster

A lot to write about, had a huge great easter weekend and really managed to fit quite a lot in. Can I remember it all is the question though... Friday daytime is too long ago to be sure, but in the evening we did a little tour of Stoke Newington Chur...

Ffffffreezing

So, as mentioned before our office party was Friday night, actually in our office, and it seems to have been a resounding success. We had to leave early to try and get to Fareham, but so great a time was had by all they had to turn the heating off, a...

Weekend of travels

A great weekend in Folkestone though we seem to have been travelling around Kent for most of it. Raced down to go to Chambers Friday night, had a couple of pints in there and then shockingly left before closing, a bit tired... Saturday overslept unti...

Splish Splash!

Boozetastic weekender in Folkestone, starting off with a shock drink in London! I rarely go out in the week any more, but popped in The Mynt Rooms for one with work chums, nice place, flash but comfortable, no ales but one pool table. Then, ONWARD, t...

Folkestone WiFi Hotspot #2

This week's Folkestone Herald would have it in their business section that the first Folkestone wireless hotspot has just been introduced at the Portland Hotel. It's not free unfortunately, but it means you can take your wireless device (laptop, pock...
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Folkestone WiFi Hotspots

It says here that the Wetherspoons is a Folkestone wireless hotspot, the only public one apparently... unless anyone knows of any more?I'll be setting up my own wireless hotspot soon enough in the West End, but will hopefully be keeping it locked dow...
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Fig Cafe RIP

AARGH, can't believe it, got down to Folkestone only to find the Fig Cafe has been closed! We're not sure if it's permanent or just for refitting of its host the Metropole. Could well imagine it going out of business, seemed a bit niche, but we loved...

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Stokefest

That website is all about looking for sponsorship, there's not a lot out there for punters in terms of lineups etc... Hank Wangford played at the Vortex on Friday, didn't know about it until we went there for breakfast yesterday though... Well recomm...