The ShipHad a dreadful dinner at a pub on the way to Dungeness, The Ship in Romney Marsh. It wasn't meant to be a high-falutin' fancy gourmet extravaganza, but it was meant to fill a gap, and it failed in this meagre task.Maybe they were busy, so we could le... Defending The Ship!Sorry to hear you had a bad experience at the Ship. I've eaten there many many times and had great food, especially the fish and chips - always the biggest piece of fhish you can imagine and fresh chunky chips. I can also heartily recommend the steak... Visions of sinking shipsMmm, saw a squishing on the road yesterday, not a pigeon, hedghog, or even a squirrel though, which are fairly common, this one was a RAT. This made me think that the rat must have been desparately trying to escape from something to be travelling acr... The Ship InnAll I can say about the bad comments are that we are the new owners of The Ship and since being here we have had only praise for our food and that if anyone had been disappointed in the past please give our new chefs benefit of the doubt and come and... The Ship Inn has finally been extendedThis was talked about all the time I used to go in there, I never thought it would happen. They have a swanky looking dining room and new roof terrace now, looks very nice. The front bar still seems the same though.Went past today and peeped in the d... Cathy Shipton - Duffy in CasualtyFilming an episode of Casualty on my street and in one of the neighbours houses on 4th Dec. Lots of techie people around and a Lee Lighting Ltd. truck. That's about itCENSORSHIP!Ha, Hefner were riding high in Steve Lamacq's Buzz Chart until last night when they got BANNED because of some, uh "over zealous" voting by fans...Other popEx acts still in the running are Midfield General, Grandaddy, Delgados, Delakota, Cypress Hill... Worshipping False IdolsBig Up to all concerned for Friday Night's "secret" Green Day Gig at London's King's College, despite the ABYSMAL weather, the crowd were way enthusiastic, and the band returned their energy in full... brief highlights included:* The band covering Bi... The ShipOther bar news discovered while we were out... The Ship down at the harbour has a pool table, a jukebox, and live music. It's a nice pub, just my type, though you might feel it's a bit of a low dive. Can't believe I'd not been in there before.... RE: The ShipMy local, well when I'm down at the harbour anyway!Jose Mourinho's Chelsea Premiership 05/06 Winning MedalOn ebay still, though two people were on GMTV this morning with the medals, both saying this ebay auction is a fake.... RE: Jose Mourinho's Chelsea Premiership 05/06 Winning MedalThe auction was removed from eBay for some reason. Someone's archived it here: http://www.kingnutter.com/newsitem.php?fID=181 RE: Jose Mourinho's Chelsea Premiership 05/06 Winning MedalI stumbled across your blog and just wanted to let you know that I caught Jose's medal. The original one and that I still have it. No ebay for me. Seb The Ship Innis the landlord phil godden Kings of quizEvery week we struggle away at the friendly fun quiz at The Ship Inn in Sandgate, and we hardly ever come away with the top grand prize of a bottle of wine. This week, for a change we tried the Sunday quiz at Saltwood Castle (the pub, not the actual ... This quiz is getting less funThe wife and I were made to sit apart again in the Famous Ship Quiz, no-one else gets this treatment, wonder what's going on? We don't win every week, but ironically Clare has won each time we've been made to play apart..."FUN" quiz, every Tuesday at... Up to our HIPs (geddit?!?!?)First off, huge trouble at the quiz at The Ship last night - the wife and I were on different teams, as we had friends with us. It was looking like Clare's team was going to walk the mini quiz with a straight ten out of ten, and we'd got one wrong, s... Beer festival at the Ship this weekendSee you there all weekend! Looking forward to this a lot. Going to try out the quiz for the first time in ages on Tuesday too, be afraid if you are competing against us... Woo, we took the Ship quiz again!The wife and I got 30/30 in this week's Ship Inn quiz, beat that!Of course it's not taxed!Didn't realise until I got home that our new car is not taxed at all, how naieve am I? Called the guy at the place I bought it from "oh no, got sixty cars here I can't keep them all taxed". So not driving it just yet, left it off road on Jim's drive ... Have not been to the Ship Inn quiz for ages, is it still on?Just trying to update my listings and I'm aware this repeat listing has a comment attached about us winning the quiz this week... if you know if the quiz is still on, then please feel free to reply!Is there an Apache gunship circling over Cheriton right now?That's what I'm hearing.Harry sick againHe didn't cry at all in the night until just after five but he was caked in vomit when I went in to him, poor little lamb. He was chirpy enough and pleased to be up. So nice early start changing him and his cot and bathing him. I stayed up, but Clare... Is the Ship quiz still on?I see the pub is nicely done up now, maybe it's too posh for that little quiz now.Taken a break from paintingPainting the hallway today with Dom. We have run out of paint though, Clare has gone to find us some more. Lovely day today, sunny and a nice clear view to France. Off to the pub tonight, some kind of beer festival at the Ship Inn, Sandgate.the ship inn a small moani was looking for somewhere to go new years eve.. and thouught about the ship in.. but i live in folkestone. I consider myself a regular there, its the only place i go to drink.. but probably only twice a month. I heard new years eve was just for loc... Boys night inClare is out at The Ship for a meal, part of the ten day long celebrations for Kevin and family being home, so Harry and I are in this time. Going to put my peaceful evening to good use frying stuff, and listening to Alestorm.Will watch Shameless in ... Demo went really well todayCEO and CTO seemed really pleased with our new project. Left work early because it went so well and went to celebrate in The Famous Ship Inn with everyone who had worked on it. Planned to go to the pub anyway, but because it went so well and we went ... HangoverStrange I don't normally get hangovers, maybe I had just that bit too much to drink in The Ship last night. Great evening though, two friends birthdays, lots of workmates were there.Fell asleep on the sofa when I got in, and woke up at half two, not ... Lovely bank holiday weekendYesterday we went back to Tenterden for the day. Weather looked great on the way out, despite the bad forecast. As we got there it started booting it down with rain. We nearly headed home again, but just about braved it, and managed to mostly avoid g... Colin FryAnother day of mediumshipThe Grand TurkThe Grand Turk set to sail from Folkestone Harbour!The Grand Turk is probably best-known in Britain for her role in the 'Hornblower' and other films and television series. The ship has been a regular visitor to ports in Kent in the past, but this vis... 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Membership enquiries: 01303-245812. 10:30 Famous Ship Inn Christmas PartyThe evening starts with carol singers at about 8, the Blue Room will take to the front bar about 9 for a night of music, fun and games.FCFC presents: The General (1926Venue: The Silver Screen Cinema, Guildhall Street, Folkestone. Annual membership: £8; Members admission: £3; Guest admission: £4.50. Membership enquiries: 01303-245812. 10:30 FCFC presents: MoliereVenue: The Silver Screen Cinema, Guildhall Street, Folkestone. Annual membership: £8; Members admission: £3; Guest admission: £4.50. Membership enquiries: 01303-245812. 10:30 Famous Ship Inn beer festival!Brilliant! 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