*dimsumdolly* - the different morsels of the life of a foodie

Whitstable

On Sunday, my flatmate and I decided to not to stay in Canterbury but chose to go to a seaside town after checking out of Chaucer Lodge. We took a bus there and it took about 30min to get there.

For some reason, the UK is having better weather in September than she had for the whole of summer. We're officially into autumn now. But I'm not complaining! So we were blessed with perfect weather to be visting the seaside. Whitstable beach was at low tide when we got there. So low that you could walk along the sandbank which stretched far into the sea.

Like many other visitors, we, too, had to walk along the sand bank just for the fun of it.

Turning round as I walked, I took a shot of the beach huts that faced the sea. I love these multicoloured huts. They're so cute. They're really tiny and people use them only for the day to put their things when they spend the day at the beach. People don't normally spend the night in it.

And farther along the sandbank, I took another shot. You almost feel like you're walking straight into the horizon.

We walked back to shore and did a long walk along the coast. Along the way, we came across a Sunday open market. There was an old wooden canoe being displayed. It was very nicely polished too! Makes for a good display piece.

There was also a fish market, but it was really tiny! I was expecting something like Sydney's fish market when I saw the sign, and was full on anticipation...

...but this was all there was to it! So pathetic! Seriously, forget about the notion of good seafood in the UK.

Some cooked shellfish for sale in tiny little bowls. It didn't look very appetising at all.

Fresh fish for sale.

Catamarans begging to be taken out to sea.

A row of seaside terrace houses at Whitstable.

Walked past this house whose owner must have great artistic talent and a quirky sense of humour. He/She painted the dull green rubbish bin (bottom left of pic) to what are suppose to be flowers to blend in with the rest of the real flowers. Brilliant idea!

The lanes of Whitstable.

Did you think I would go on with the day without ice cream? Such days are perfect days for ice cream and I bought a double scoop cone from this ice cream shop called Sundae Sundae. They make their own ice cream and I went for the Stem Ginger and Butterscotch & Toffee. I really liked the former. Ginger ice cream is always good!

We later made our way to Herne Bay, another seaside town. Herne Bay was smaller and a lot quieter. We hung around for a short while and then made our way back to Canterbury where we caught our train back to London's Waterloo East station. But of course, not before I bought another Belgian waffle from Cafe St Pierre to munch on the train!

Posted by DSD at September 6, 2007 12:21 PM