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Portchester weekender

Spent a smashing weekend in Portchester as it was Mum's birthday yesterday. Headed over Friday afternoon on the train, meeting up with Andy on the way in The Golden Lion. Not a great pub but a good evening anyway and some nice pints of HSB and a chat...

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Did you see Folkestone on TV last night?

The town looked nice on The Culture Show, I'm glad. That's why I was looking up The Culture Show yesterday when I mentioned the Ricky Gervais stuff, to find out when this feature was on, must have got distracted before I found it or I'd have plugge...

There's me worrying about inflation and the economy in general

But look, free drinks, money behind the bar from a company that you don't even actually know, it's just like the old days of the first dotcom boom. I remember those "First Tuesday" or "Second Wednesday" nights or whatever they were when people who wo...

Top ten best restaurants in the area

The votes are in, these are the top ten best restaurants in the area as voted by you (so, the ten restaurants with the most loyal net savvy customers and regulars who visit this site then), a few surprises in there:Botolphs Bridge Inn (9.10/10)Bella ...
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Too boring

Less posts about PHP, javascript and KML to come, as my friend - let's call him the cowardly civil servant to offer him some anonymity - found it boring. While he was reading at work. How do you find the time mate? I'll tell you what's boring, it's m...

Folkestone Triennial kicks off today

It's a big old public art thing going on throughout the town. They've revamped the station especially it seems, so if you are a London art knob and you have not already made plans to head down to Folkestone tonight on the train, what on earth are you...

LONE STAR COMEDY CLUB � FRIDAY 27TH JUNE 2008 AT 7.30

Following a triumphant show on 31st May The Lone Star Comedy Club returns to the Tower Theatre on North Road at Shorncliffe Garrsion in Cheriton. The line up for the new show will be EARL OKIN, JAMES SHERWOOD, compere MATT PRICE and a newcomer.Earl ...
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Canterbury, yesterday

Went to Canterbury yesterday, ate lunch, came home. That was about it really. Got some Thai food in The Hobgoblin. My jungle curry was pretty good, very hot too, but Clare didn't like her Pad Thai chicken.Yeah, not the most interesting thing for you ...
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Nice pub, nice location

Bit pricey though I think. Maybe I don't put my hand in my pocket often enough, but three quid for a pint of bitter and one pound eighty for a diet coke seems a bit excessive to me.Lovely to sit out in there garden though, it's the only place within ...
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Where'd the weekend go?

In fact where did the week go since I last had something to write about? Had plenty going on, I put it down to trying to learn the guitar, and the tips of my fingers are in far too much pain to type, so sorry if I go a bit slowly.If anyone has any go...

Kosso bigged up on techcrunch

They call him a seesmic.com clone but they like him... I thought phreadz.com was still a secret actually. For the uninitiated, it's like a chat room / message board, but based around your webcam. So many people have them these days that it makes sens...

Never mind the KML

All that talk of KML yesterday got me looking at my maps again, they've not worked for ages, not since I added more tagging to all my Folkestone venues... so, not actually using the new kml version of the data, rather old georss xml versions, but at ...

KML

Created some kml files from my pub / restaurant data on Folkestone Gerald, part of my plan to clean up my maps and things, kml is a standard that's been adopted by google for google earth and maps and things, and is possibly better suited than my exi...

Earl Brownes is closed now

Haven't enjoyed it the last few times I went so I'm not really bothered, but we went past today and Earl Brownes was closed down, the building is up for sale.
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The new 3 Mariners

Went there today, very nice, all fancy and new and a few ales on too. No longer a Shepherd Neame, definitely worth checking out.
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Our actual first day in Key West

I realise that my previous post about our first day in Key West a) didn't contain any info, b) had things from our second day on the map, and c) has slipped down the page and no-one will read it. So here at last is the first part of our journey. Clar...

Has the Red Lion recently reopened?

I just heard today that the Red Lion has been closed for the past three months, and is all spanking new after a major refit and cleanup. I've been avoiding that place for a long time, obviously long enough not to notice it'd be out of action for that...
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ha, well you are WRONG!

It's something interesting that happened locally, none of my business really, but (in the suicide case) this person had a reason for doing what they did so publicly I guess, and that's intriguing.In the case of the accident at the end of the road, th...

Great quiz at Chambers this bank holiday weekend

Shame I didn't know about it in advance so I could big it up here... no we didn't win, in fact we didn't even get to the pub in time to join in properly, but we sat and drank and played along anyway, very enjoyable!

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The Fisherman�s rest is rubbish

The Fisherman�s rest is rubbish and I won�t be using that place again, decided to pop in for a drink last weekend (3rd May) with my wife and friends, only to be told very rudely by the Landlord to leave as it was a private function. The place looked...

Folkestone double death plunge smash horror tragedy!

Yoinks, yesterday someone chucked themselves off the roof of Bouverie Square in Folkestone, and today the end of our road was sealed off by police because of a "scene". Police were stopping anyone getting close to what had happened, so a) we had to w...

Radio 1 big weekend lineup

This is a free festival in Maidstone in a couple of weeks, you can register for tickets today, but please don't, it will decrease my chance of getting any:Saturday 10 May Main StageMadonna, The Fratellis, Usher, Scouting For Girls, Duffy, The Feeling...
Rated 5.07/10 on Folkestone Gerald

Thanks for the update

I've updated the page. That pub looks great!
Rated 5.07/10 on Folkestone Gerald

Glastonbury tickets back on sale?

How does this work then? Got this from seetickets.com, buying from ticketmaster would help me out, I didn't think Glastonbury tickets would be publicly available like this:GLASTONBURY 2008The biggest and best festival in the world is upon us and tick...

Google / Yahoo MERGER!

Well, no actually, not at all but Google are serving ads on some of Yahoo's pages. What about Yahoo serving ads in Google's "slots" (like the ones on this page)? I want more different ads served up here, so more people are likely to click on them and...

James Moore Clarke

Got an email from someone in the USA trying to trace Clarke ancestors from the UK. I don't think we have any Clarkes in the USA, and said that by email, but thought I'd republish some info here in case anyone else can help. Jim Clarke says:It is poss...

Happy April Fool's

Just seen a brilliant feature on BBC Breakfast on a newly discovered type of penguin, that can fly. Can't find it on their website, but they had video on the TV and they've apparenly roped in David Attenborough, I hope they put the footage online lat...

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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Colour of Magic: QUITE GOOD

Enjoyed The Colour Of Magic, we watched it last night. Next part to watch tonight, hopefully. Why not treat yourself to this signed first edition Terry Pratchett of The Colour Of Magic TERRY PRATCHETT - THE COLOUR OF MAGIC - SIGNED BY TERRY PRATCHETT...

Mighty Easter weekender, with The Cure

Hope you've all had as good an extended weekend as I have. As is usual when I've been off for a few days and not written up just went on immediately, I'm starting to forget it all. We're up now, on the last day of our five day break and I have a few ...

London Astoria

Brett Anderson and Bernard Butler, weren't they in a band together before? One of the NME gigs, support included The Magic Numbers I think but we stayed in the pub and missed them all....

12 Bar Club

MJ Hibbett is doing his first gig of the year at the 12 Bar Club, that's Denmark Street isn't it? Onstage 9pm, 26th Feb at the monthly Hieronymous Bisch Bosch night... seeya there.Last night's Valentine's pub crawl was very nice, we st...

Crown & 2 Chairmen

Excellent little pub warm up for his Animals shows / DVD... Sharks and Nazis!
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