From East to West..... Our Southern Coastline... From Margate to Lands End

1. Penzance  2. St Ives  3. Newquay  4. Teignmouth  5. Weymouth  6. Lulworth Cove  7.  Southampton  8. The Isle of Wight
9.  Littlehampton  10. Bracklesham Bay  11. Brighton  12. Hastings  13.  Margate  14. Isle of Sheppey   15. Southend-on-Sea

NOT ON THE MAP   -  Blackpool  and The Isles of Scilly



I was recently looking over a map of our Southern British Coastline and I was keen to see just
how many places I had either visited or stayed at. I actually thought it was more. And so I've
marked above on the map all the places I've ever visited, be it for a holiday or just a day trip.

As a kid growing up in a Foster Home with eight children we often spent our annual Holidays
at a charming old Guest House in Margate.
On some years we would have a change of scenery and stay at other resorts like Weymouth,
Blackpool up North as well as Teignmouth in Devon and once on The Isle of Wight staying in
a place called Ryde. But Margate seemed to be the most popular family holiday destination.

Of course there are some wonderful British resorts in Wales and Scotland but the South Coast
offers the cream of the crop of British seaside Towns.
And yet I wonder why we've never seen a Coastal tv travel documentary covering the entire
journey from East to West, meaning from Margate and all the way to Land's End in West Cornwall.
And perhaps in a Campervan. It would make a great show. I don't know why none of the tv
companies has never come up with the idea.


Below: A rather busy looking Margate during our last day visit in 2015.


And the image at the very bottom is the view of the sea from the old Guest House that we stayed
at with the Foster family.
Of course that Guest House is still there and still in business thanks to Margate undergoing
a recent mini revival with the re-opening of Dreamland and the arrival of The Turner Art Gallery.
But it's that bottom image of the road looking down to the sea that has become quite a haunting
image that's heavily imprinted in my childhood memories. It was the last thing we saw upon
leaving as we sadly ended our two week holiday and headed back home, back to reality and back
to School.
So of course I had to snap an image of that view. That view that was just a memory in my mind.