Whilst I am in Kent, walking Milou with Mum
we always pass this quaint looking thatched cottage
it stands guard on a cliff top
it overlooks the sea
in another time it was my parents' home
one of many homes I have to say
and I believe it to be a very favoured home
I was already long gone
and married when they lived here
but I do remember Christmases, a 25th Wedding Anniversary,
lounging in the summer sun in the pretty garden,
listening to the tennis fortnight whilst devouring spicy chicken wings
and many, many meals shared around the refectory table
Mum walks past it everyday
it cannot be more than 150 yards from where they live today
when they first lived in the village in the 1980's
they also ran the local fish and chip shop for a time
(one of their many incarnations)
they made fab fish suppers
the cottage had a compulsory purchase order upon it
as it was in grave danger of falling into the sea
-it is 25 feet away from the cliff edge-
since then the coast line there has been reinforced
and it may be there for many more years...
a solitary naked tree in front garden,
The cliff path passes by the wood fence and hedge boundary
on a clear day Reculver Towers are visible in the distance
Happy days!!
Me, Dad, Mum & Sis 1985
Cliff Cottage
