The West Gate Inn - Canterbury

Visited 27th February 2010.

On the map it didn't look to far to our next pub but it was still pouring with rain so we opted to take the car and were glad we did. It turned out that it would have been a much longer walk than expected and would definitely have benefited from a warm sunny day. The East Gate Inn was absolutely heaving with people and we struggled to find a table, in the end we were spread over two tables continually eyeballing the room looking for people leaving. As you can can imaging it took a while to get served. The waiting wasn't to bad though as there were a lot of women dressed up to go out, kind of like a hen night but at lunchtime. There was even a table of cheerleaders. I've no idea what was going on but they were a ray of sunshine on a soggy day! I think Canterbury would be a nice place to have a wander round and take in some culture, next time we visit hopefully it will be a little drier.

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The Thomas Ingoldsby - Canterbury

Visited 27th February 2010.

Sadly we have to go home today. Happily we have decided to stop at Canterbury and visit two 'spoons. Surprise, surprise, it's raining and not just raining but absolutely pouring down. We get into the pub and the news is on. “The South East and East is experiencing bad weather with a risk of flooding”. Thanks. Mr and Mrs Sinner both opt for coffee and we sit huddling around our cups quietly steaming (both us and the coffee). We finish our coffee and venture back out into the rain and by the time we get back to the car we are soaked again. Still, never mind we have another pub to visit where we can get dry again.

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