Went to Lathe Barn for a birthday party on Saturday lunchtime and took the opportunity to call in to Botolphs Bridge Inn on the way back. Pub: nice, courtyard garden: nice, cider: nice, real ale: nice, other punters: nice, but most of all staff: VERY NICE!
I wanted a beer, the boy wanted an ice cream, I hoped we could combine the two here. The kitchen was closed but one of the staff brought out some ice creams that they had personally for us to choose one. This was so nice and much appreciated!
This is part of my site The Folkestone Gerald that I built in a fury of excitement when I first came to Folkestone in approximately 2004. I had been a frequent visitor for a while before that but I am technically one of those Down From Londons you get now. This site was updated more frequently with a gig calendar + voting for favourite places + things, + I hear it was a useful reference for others who were moving here. Now I've moved out of Folkestone again (though only a couple of miles) it doesn't get as much love as it used to. Ironic really as The town is now becoming the exciting place we knew it was just about to. My name is not Gerald by the way, the name comes from a pretend paper in an episode of The Day Today or something, the Portsmouth Gerald, + how there is a local newspaper here called the Folkestone Herald. Puns like this are great aren't they? Do get in touch if you have anything to offer, email anythign @ this domain, or try @folkestone or @pauly on Twitter.