Nick and I spent this weekend in Dover. We very much recommend Loddington House Hotel.
1. On a sunny afternoon, leaving work with a light heart and a suitcase.
2. The train brings us into Dover just as night is muddying up the day's blue sky.
3. After supper, we go to the guests' lounge and watch dots and smudges of light moving about the harbour.
Magnolia, pagoda and station.
1. Late magnolias -- always a pleasure. 2. We like everything about the pagoda -- including the long climb to the top -- but particularly th...

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1. The shortest night and the longest day. I was up at Wellington Rocks with Anna, Paul and Jason. We couldn't see the sun through the m...
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1. Oli has written a poem describing how Tunbridge Wells makes him veer between wanting to fall in love and wanting to shoot people. Which i...
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1. The cottage across the carpark is covered in scaffolding. Now that the roofers have gone home, the family has climbed up to see the view ...