Second drive!

Yes I know. It's a new car and we want to drive it a bit to get used to how it all works.  We have sussed the Satellite Navigation and it seems to work well.  And we have been able to listen to Zac Brown on USB stick.

Today we had two drives.  Firstly to H's Café at Kent Motorcycles near Canterbury as it was Meldrew's Sunday.  I didn't feel confident enough to go on Suzi after yesterday's lack of lights and indicators!  Even though I think I have fixed it I was wary. 

Claire came with me and we used the Navigation to get there.  The route it took us wasn't anything like I would be happy with. We blindly followed it (not really!) to see where it thought we needed to go. Oddly the way back was more like what I had expected!

After a bacon sandwich and a chat we got home in time for me to watch the Arsenal's miserable game with Fulham.  1-1 with a team in the bottom three!

During the game the delivery people came with a parcel containing the rear seat cover I ordered on Friday evening. This is more tailored to fit the Juke rear seat. I fitted that and then we decided to take Reggie out for a drive. The new car is higher and he jumped in okay.

We went to Dungeness.  Again!  Same as yesterday but without the coffee and sausage roll! Parked up we took a walk across the shingle and flat area between the railway and the nuclear power station. 

Here,  there is a memorial to the Polish pilots from 303 Squadron RAF that were shot down and killed nearby during the Battle of Britain..  One crashed into the shingle nearby and his body was recovered and the other was shot down over the sea and his body was never recovered - https://www.tracesofwar.com/sights/88183/Memorial-Polish-Pilots.htm

Reggie had a good run although with other dogs around he was on the 8m lead.  

Some more photos taken, of course.

The Light Railway Station and New Lighthouse

Old Lighthouse and Juke

Both Lighthouses!

Dungeness is officially classed as a desert. Unlike many parts of the country and no doubt the world, it is getting bigger. The shingle grows southwards towards France at a rate of 1m per year.