Carol started her new contract on Monday (14th November), I was left to my own devices for the day, which proved to be a real’pea-souper’. Visibility at times was down to about twenty feet, hardly a day for photography. I set out to find the local NCI lookout, said to be atop a cliff to …
Following the Armistice Parade in Folkestone (previous post) Carol & I decided to do a bit of sightseeing for the afternoon. I have always wanted to visit Canterbury since my schooldays, reading Chaucer. Although it was late in the day, and therefore the tour took on a type of “Europe for a dollar a day” …
Carol has begun a new contract working in the Folkstone area, so we were able to attend the Armistice Parade there. Significantly, it was the 11th hour of the 11th day, of the 11th month. It appears that the parade, far from dwindling as had been thought some years ago, is instead growing in strength …
I have started to research some of the history of the locality in order to give the pictorial record of Cwm Clydach some structure. The local library has been very helpful, and pointed me toward a little gem of a book. Apparently the hills behind Craig Cefn Parc held some interesting secrets during World War …