A bit on the breezy side today and wet so we're saying put for today. The weather is a bit variable this coming week with very high winds on Tuesday and Wednesday followed. So to make a bit of progress and be somewhere safe to stay, I'm looking at missing out the Thames estuary and heading for Walton on the Nase tomorrow a passage of 40 odd miles. Then on to Lowestoft on Monday another 46 miles. At which point We will sit out the gales. and see what the forecast is then.
Things to do in Ramsgate.
Ramsgate Tunnels.
On 24 August 1940, 500 German bombs were dropped on Ramsgate in just five minutes. Despite the heavy bombardment, the deep shelters saved lives and as a consequence only 29 civilians and two soldiers were lost. The bombardment on 24 August 1940 destroyed roughly 1,200 homes and, as a result of homelessness, roughly 300 families took to living in the tunnels on a permanent basis.
The tunnels became a subterranean town with shops, barbers, canteens, concerts and even an underground hospital. After the end of the war, the tunnels were slowly sealed and abandoned.
Did you know?
RAMSGATE is Britains only Royal Harbour.
The Isle of Thanet was in Roman Times actually an Island.
Greek Legend says Isle of Thanet was called the isle of the dead .
The Isle of Thanet has the greatest concentration of Bronze age burial sites in Britain.
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