Day Eight

Today our plan is to head further east to visit Folkestone (you guessed it, I’ve not been there), missing out Dungeness on the way — I have been there¹.

We want to be out of here quickly, to get to our hotel (and a room with a sea view) in Folkestone. Hopefully the cell service and the internet will be better than it is in St. Leonards, as we have a bunch of work to catch up on.

The whole house has been restored and carefully curated with Victoriana and religious artifacts and memorabilia, extending to details such as the bell pull is a pull and rings a bell that could be heard tinkling in the distance. I also noticed a working ‘dumb waiter.’

A cassock-wearing orthodox priest served breakfast (excellent). While settling our bill, we exchanged anecdotes on the merits of working with bishops.

We liked St. Leonards-on-Sea, and St. Benedicts. I’d like to think we’ll be able to fit in another visit in the future.

¹ Many years ago, a company I and a couple of colleagues founded, completed some projects for Nuclear Electric, and I spent lots of time at several nuclear power stations. The nuclear power station at Dungeness was one of the sites I visited. The relevance of this will become obvious later.