Birthday Break in Whitstable(pic heavy)

[kirk13]

I spent a couple of nights in Whitstable to celebrate my birthday last week.Heres a few of the highlights.Just for the scenery,and the quality of the resteraunts,I'd recomend everyone to make the trip out!


The Neptune sea front pub,as it is today,and during the 53 Flood





Some of the odd stuff I tend to find!The Ford pick up may not be that uncommon Stateside/Canada,but its not that common here,especially in such poor condition.The marker is a left over from the origional railway line,laid in the 1830s.Not sure when it was lifted but the housing in the area looks the better part of 80 or 90 years old.The windmill just caught me by surprise!






Whitstable Castle.Yes your right,its never been a military site,but instsead a Rich Victorians idea of a cool house.Very pretty anyway



One of the old harbour buildings...somewhat inland now




Even the toilets are scenic!




Peter Cushing lived here!








And the nighttime and/or pub shots!







And lastly,and I hope this shows up clearly

The odd structure in the middle of the wind farm is a WW2 sea borne Flak fort!

[Top-Gear-24]

Great pics kirk13, I just love looking at pics like that, always gives me a bit of that "vacation feeling", if you know what I mean   .

Thanks for sharing  .

[Ashley]

Nice photos John. 

[badwolf]

Lovely pics and at least you had better weather than in 53, some great old buildings, thanks for sharing

[Dunc]

Great pics  If I remember rightly they capsized their lifeboat in heavy seas a few years back . I'll find a link .

[duckman1975]

Thanks for sharing lovely pictures! Hope someone will validate or correct me on this but I think Whistable castle is where the British code breakers where housed and worked.

[Essexman]

great pics, thanks for sharing them with us.

The old WWII fort out at sea, Red sands?  http://www.project-redsand.com/

[kirk13]

Thanks for sharing lovely pictures! Hope someone will validate or correct me on this but I think Whistable castle is where the British code breakers where housed and worked.

I think your thinking of Station X,which was at Bletchley Park
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bletchley_Park

great pics, thanks for sharing them with us.

The old WWII fort out at sea, Red sands?  http://www.project-redsand.com/

Yep thats the One!