Deal...

Saturday, 11th and Sunday 12th June

We had found a laundrette at Deal, which is on the coast about 4 miles away. But the car wouldn't start and this was where we had to call Hertz, and to cut a long story short, I had put petrol in the diesel, and they arranged for an AA man to come out and fix it. He came within 30 minutes, and found the problem, and arranged for another guy to come and drain all the fuel, and then put some diesel back, and got the car going. Still, our planned trip to do the washing would have to wait until tomorrow.

Whilst all this was happening, I suggested to Lee that she see what was happening in the town square, as we'd heard lots of loud French-type music coming from that direction. As it turned out, this entire weekend was turned over to a French market, and the aromas of cheese, fresh baguettes, lovely fruit and veg, cold meats, olives and all that goes with French food. She came back with enough to do a really nice lunch, and we knocked up a pasta dish with really hot chorizo, etc for dinner.

On the Sunday, we got everything ready to take to the laundrette at Deal, and found it quite easily. Deal is very nice and lovely views out to the ocean, and the usual arrangement of holiday lets along the waterfront. It might have been something we should have looked into more,as it would have been a better place to stay.

Got back to Sandwich and had to find ways to get the washing dry, and rigged up lines in the tiny backyard, and all around the cottage. The French market was still on today, and Gordon went 'round and got some beautiful fresh croissants, which we had for lunch, and later had a walk around the town. Another simple dinner of savoury mince and tomorrow, we are off to Canterbury on the bus, to have a look around.