2008-10-10UTC08:34:34Folkestone Literary Festival Brochure - OUT NOW!Folkestone Literary Festival 2008 - 1st to 9th NovemberIf you haven't managed to check out the programme for this year's festival online you'll be pleased to know that the brochures are now available in many locations around Folkestone and the surrou... 2008-05-06UTC06:11:15Swing Afternoon reviewRegular correspondent Woodo sent me this:I did promise a review of the "swing afternoon" at the Sandgate Hotel but as the weather was so great we spent most of the day in Bar Vasa however, we did pop in to catch the last couple of songs from the perf... <br /><a href="http://www.folkestonegerald.com/m/11226/Swing+Afternoon+review">Rated 5.35/10</a> on <a href="http://www.folkestonegerald.com">Folkestone Gerald</a>2008-04-12UTC11:32:49House huntTwo houses today in Canterbury, different parts of town, but with things in common. For starters, both too expensive really at 250k each. If the market really is tumbling we might be able to make a cheeky offer on just about anything we see now thoug... 2008-01-11UTC10:02:10RE: A whole load of hits suddenly for Sandgate Hotel / Gordon Ramsay searches...surely you need to get in there and buy the place before him?2008-01-10UTC01:11:53A whole load of hits suddenly for Sandgate Hotel / Gordon Ramsay searches...My most recent twenty searches here: 1. sandgate hotel gordon ramsay 2. waterstones at bluewater 3. sandgate hotel kent ransay 4. sandgate hotel new management ramsay 5. sandgate hotel 6. sandgate hotel and ramsay 7. the sandgate hotel ... <br /><a href="http://www.clarkeology.com/m/10826/A+whole+load+of+hits+suddenly+for+Sandgate+Hotel+/+Gordon+Ramsay+searches...">Rated 5.35/10</a> on <a href="http://www.folkestonegerald.com">Folkestone Gerald</a>2007-11-19UTC07:18:57Lower Deck Music Club this WednesdayDear all,It's the return of the Lower Deck Music Club at Sandgate Hotel this Wednesday November 21st. 7pm til 10pm. Hosted by Julia Jones featuring local acts Jon Woode and Raphael Mead. £5 on door or £3 with flyer. Hope you can make it. Please ... <br /><a href="http://www.folkestonegerald.com/m/10690/Lower+Deck+Music+Club+this+Wednesday">Rated 5.35/10</a> on <a href="http://www.folkestonegerald.com">Folkestone Gerald</a>2007-04-10UTC12:51:14Kings of quizEvery week we struggle away at the friendly fun quiz at The Ship Inn in Sandgate, and we hardly ever come away with the top grand prize of a bottle of wine. This week, for a change we tried the Sunday quiz at Saltwood Castle (Saltwood Castle Hotel no... <br /><a href="http://www.clarkeology.com/m/10128/Kings+of+quiz">Rated 4.07/10</a> on <a href="http://www.folkestonegerald.com">Folkestone Gerald</a>2006-12-12UTC12:28:53Did you know Natalie Portman and Scarlett Johansson were staying in Sandgate?Before / during I mean, we all read about it in the Herald after they'd checked out... La Portman wasn't the most favoured guest of The Sandgate Hotel apparently. From The Mirror, don't go there though it's covered in microsoft adverts that make movi... 2006-11-08UTC11:31:38Gig guide from this week in 1981!so it wasn't all big name indie bands playing the Metronome every night as I've been led to believe... here's a fascinating republication of gig listings from 1981, from the good people at www.kentgigs.com. Don't forget my Folkestone gig guide though... 2006-10-24UTC10:09:18Dolphin FilmingDave the Dolphin has been in touch again, firstly with a full filming schedule from the BBC (their Inside Out TV programme will be filming a Folkestone Dolphin special), and local people really ought to be involved... The plan is:Meet near the harbou... <br /><a href="http://www.folkestonegerald.com/m/9664/Dolphin+Filming"><img alt="Dolphin Filming" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3114/2725960762_8a049d3d31_m.jpg" /></a> <br /><a href="http://www.folkestonegerald.com/m/9664/Dolphin+Filming">Rated 6.03/10</a> on <a href="http://www.folkestonegerald.com">Folkestone Gerald</a>2006-10-17UTC07:43:31Yesterday's newsBAH, wrote a huge posting, to compensate for several days of blog neglect, and Firefox only done went and crashed on me didn't it... that's literally several paragraphs of finely thought out prose that are now lost forever. I need to write an "autosa... 2006-08-18UTC05:08:24Sample Sandgate Hotel menuAs advertisted in The Herald today:Garden pea summer truffle veloutePrawn and ginger spring roll, soya dipSirloin of beef baguette, salad and friesMoules et fritesPlate of oysters, shallots vinegar reductionPlate of charcuterie and cheeseHomemade fis... <br /><a href="http://www.folkestonegerald.com/m/8966/Sample+Sandgate+Hotel+menu">Rated 5.35/10</a> on <a href="http://www.folkestonegerald.com">Folkestone Gerald</a>2006-08-14UTC10:33:18RE: The Sandgate Hotel,Me again. I'll add to that. My girlf took her parents down there this weekend and the menu has changed - no lovely bugers anymore. It's all expensive stuff so they just had a coffee - one cup wasn't full, another was cold. And the staff were still cl... 2006-08-12UTC02:32:56RE: The Sandgate Hotel,Hi thereWell as you probably know the Sandgate Hotel closed down for a refit (coincidentally not long after the Ramsay Kitchen Nightmare programme). So was interested to go there when it reopened. It now looks much better inside - they've knocked thr... 2006-08-11UTC03:40:10RE: The Sandgate Hotel,yah. I went there few weeks ago, had a burger. Was amazing! HIGHLY recommended. The staff were clueless. They were quite cute though...2006-08-08UTC10:55:37The Sandgate Hotel,The Sandgate hotel has recently been re-opened under new management so previous reviews dont reflect the current standards. <br /><a href="http://www.folkestonegerald.com/m/8884/The+Sandgate+Hotel%2C">Rated 5.35/10</a> on <a href="http://www.folkestonegerald.com">Folkestone Gerald</a>2006-08-07UTC09:55:37My last thingsMy last day at this job started with my last delayed train on the way in to this job, fifteen minutes late, though I hardly noticed as I slept quite well on the way in. I suffered the grimness of the last blocked train toilet on this commute too, ble... 2006-07-27UTC09:07:55The Sandgate HotelMy wife and a pal had lunch at the Sandgate last week it was fantastic! We all had the lobster salad,although not exactly cheap (£26) massive whole lobsters,great high quality salad and very good service. If it is a nice day I would say deffinitely b... <br /><a href="http://www.folkestonegerald.com/m/8782/The+Sandgate+Hotel">Rated 5.35/10</a> on <a href="http://www.folkestonegerald.com">Folkestone Gerald</a>2006-07-03UTC11:26:49Get it over with...Football was disappointing, but probably where we deserved to get to. Knocked out by Manchester United though, who'd have thought it. The rest of the weekend was fabulous, here we go.Saturday had some friends visiting, so we headed out for a GREAT lu... <br /><a href="http://www.clarkeology.com/m/8657/Get+it+over+with...">Rated 7.77/10</a> on <a href="http://www.folkestonegerald.com">Folkestone Gerald</a>2006-03-10UTC08:43:09RE: Sandgate Hotel is on Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares tonightWas in the local paper last week. The hotel was "unavailable for comment". It's certainly changing / changed hands, but whether Rammo's involved is another thing altogether.2006-03-06UTC05:41:08RE: Sandgate Hotel is on Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares tonightWow, where'd you hear that from?2006-03-06UTC12:47:04Folkestone Gerald updateGot some more Folkestone gig history stuff for 1969 and 1970, posted from Germany of all places. Also what's this rumour about Gordon Ramsay buying The Sandgate Hotel..? I heard a rumour that Ramsay was actually going to BUY the Sandgate Hotel (or at... <br /><a href="http://www.clarkeology.com/m/4734/Folkestone+Gerald+update">Rated 5.35/10</a> on <a href="http://www.folkestonegerald.com">Folkestone Gerald</a>2006-03-05UTC06:58:56RE: Sandgate Hotel is on Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares tonightI heard a rumour that Ramsay was actually going to BUY the Sandgate Hotel (or at least the restaurant)... could be Folkestone's "Whitstable Oyster" factor if it went ahead...2006-03-01UTC12:29:08Lovely day todaySuper bright on leaving Folkestone, just so sunny as to be unreal. Very cold though, and only going to get colder this week. Could see lots of stars clearly from bed last night (through the open blinds, no missing roof or anything) so it's possibly r... <br /><a href="http://www.clarkeology.com/m/4704/Lovely+day+today">Rated 5.35/10</a> on <a href="http://www.folkestonegerald.com">Folkestone Gerald</a>2006-03-01UTC11:04:53Didn't Sandgate + Folkestone look nice on TV last night?You'd not have known they went to Folkestone harbour, but Sandgate is all part of our Kentish happy family, being just a short stroll down the hill.Nice to see The Clarendon get a little look in, that £2000 a month the staff were spending over the ba... <br /><a href="http://www.folkestonegerald.com/m/4703/Didn%27t+Sandgate+%2B+Folkestone+look+nice+on+TV+last+night%3F">Rated 5.35/10</a> on <a href="http://www.folkestonegerald.com">Folkestone Gerald</a>2006-02-28UTC10:05:27Sandgate Hotel is on Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares tonightI thought it might be from last week's trailer, Radio Times confirms it:After last week's subdued start to the new series, Gordon Ramsay is much more in his element, unleashing hell at the Sandgate Hotel on the south coast. It's losing £2,000 a week,... <br /><a href="http://www.folkestonegerald.com/m/4695/Sandgate+Hotel+is+on+Ramsay%27s+Kitchen+Nightmares+tonight">Rated 5.35/10</a> on <a href="http://www.folkestonegerald.com">Folkestone Gerald</a>2006-02-13UTC02:50:12Guardian Unlimited | Weekend | Let's move to ... Folkestone, KentThe feature I've been waiting for for ages, it's a bit light though. They do say property in the town is "fantastic", and mention the regeneration, though they recognise it's a way of still. They messed up a bit called Cheriton "villagey" though I fe... 2006-01-20UTC10:13:46Cheers for chipping inYes we went to the Clarendon again this weekend, just briefly though. There were rumours of it shutting down, the brewery squeezing the landlord and the landlord unable to make enough money on it.Also heard this week that the Sandgate Hotel is to clo... <br /><a href="http://www.folkestonegerald.com/m/4509/Cheers+for+chipping+in">Rated 5.28/10</a> on <a href="http://www.folkestonegerald.com">Folkestone Gerald</a>2006-01-19UTC12:32:00RE: Clarendon Innhello pauly, the clarendon is one of the best Folkestone/environs pubs. In my youth c. 1992-1994 the place to be for the indie type crowd in Folkestone however was The Sandgate Hotel down the hill. It was a proper scruffy dive bar/pub with a cracking... 2005-08-16UTC09:30:45We're BACK!Back in work today, the wedding was amazing. I have several days to catch up on here, but if you want to cut right to the chase, here's a picture of us:More wedding pictures here... The long weekend started on Wednesday, which I already kind of cover... 2008-04-18UTC11:14:51The Sandgate Hotelat The Sandgate Hotel, Esplanade, Sandgate. (Lee Westwood) Brighton based legend plays his unique guitar compositions in his own renowned style. 14:00-17:00 <br /><a href="http://www.folkestonegerald.com/v/1923/The+Sandgate+Hotel">Rated 5.35/10</a> on <a href="http://www.folkestonegerald.com">Folkestone Gerald</a>2008-04-18UTC11:14:51The Sandgate Hotelat The Sandgate Hotel, Esplanade, Sandgate. (Lee Westwood) Brighton based legend plays his unique guitar compositions in his own renowned style. 14:00-17:00 <br /><a href="http://www.folkestonegerald.com/v/1923/The+Sandgate+Hotel">Rated 5.35/10</a> on <a href="http://www.folkestonegerald.com">Folkestone Gerald</a>