Sandwich
Saturday 23rd April 2011
An afternoon out to Sandwich in Kent, for afternoon tea with Leon, Yukari-san and Aiko-chan, and a wander round the town.
John's Pictures

13:32:53
Where to bring lunch for Royal Mail workers, presumably.

13:33:46
Lots of nice buildings in Sandwich - I'm a big fan of overhangs.

13:34:07
This is apparently Tom Paine's cottage.

13:53:55

14:06:05

14:29:21
In a meadow, where we sat and watched the ducks for a short while.

14:30:10

14:32:28
I was particularly taken by this house, dated 1513 - just a couple of years shy of being 500 years old. That's half a millenium.

14:33:42
Taking in the scent of the wisteria, there seemed to be a lot of it in Sandwich.

14:34:36
The Old Drum, presumably once a public house? Dating back to 1450 apparently - quite amazing.

15:12:10
At the tearoom at the Salutation (the Secret Gardens of Sandwich now) - here's Leon and Aiko-chan.

15:12:16
This is a rather nice shot.

15:22:11
The girls and our rather huge afternoon tea stands.

15:22:51

15:22:56
Yukari-san, Aiko-chan, and some sandwiches, scones and cakes.

15:55:08
The teapots were far too small, so we had to keep asking for hot water, which they brought out in these rather ridiculously small jugs. So we built up rather a collection by the end.

16:45:14
A post-tea stroll - one of the churches in Sandwich.

16:45:22
An old fire cart.

16:49:08
The house we saw earlier - I think £375,000 is a pretty good price for something half a millenium old. (Also I think my picture is better than the estate agents!)

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16:52:57
A selection of little alleyways in Sandwich...

16:53:12
The old town gaol.

16:53:20

16:58:12
We were trying to figure out why these three carrier bags were tied to the guttering here - our best theory was to scare off pigeons.