T is for Tankerton

Happy T day, so happy to be joining you all again this week over with Elizabeth and Bleubeard for the T party.

We have been walking every day, it’s been pretty cold here, our car has been white all over with frost in the mornings until the sun gets on to it but as long as it’s dry we can go out. I have bought myself a winter coat, I never need a really thick coat in Spain so I will be leaving it here when we go home,

We had a walk along Tankerton Slopes, we don’t go down to the beach as there’s quite a few steps to go down so we walk along the footpath on the top. The beach is shingle all along this part of the coastline until you reach Margate but It’s a lovely place, quite small with shops on the back street, they have a really good Fish and Chip Shop too, normally our last nights treat before we head home!

All along the beach front you can see the multicoloured beach huts, they are so expensive to buy nowadays, you used to be able to buy a house for that price, ha,ha,

This is the Seaview cafe where we stop halfway for a cup of tea, they do have tables outside but I’m afraid it’s too cold for us, it cools the tea too quickly!

It’s quite small inside but they have quite a good selection on the menu, especially breakfast items. To me it’s a typical English cafe much as you would have found years ago

Of course I need to show you my drink for this week, a mug of tea, my Mother in Law always used to say, “Let’s have a nice cup of tea” , always made me smile as if we would want a horrible one!!

Mind you we have had some awful tea, once Steve told the waiter in Macy’s Cheesecake Factory how to make a pot of tea, it came with lukewarm water so the tea didn’t mash, tasted like dish water!

Peet's do make a good tea as they have a special boiler that heats the water to boiling point, I know this as the manager was a tea connoisseur and I think quite pleased to have someone actually order black tea! With milk for us of course, he even gave us a few samples of different black teas to try!

The sun is out today and hopefully the gale force winds have died down a little so we will off for another walk later, I hope no one has suffered any storm damage! Take care and Happy T Day. Jan x