Another trip to Broadstairs

We are just back from another trip to Broadstairs. The main reason for this visit was to look after Ernie while Helen and Nick to go to a 10th anniversary party and to have their first night away from him since he was born. The visit also coincided with John's birthday.

As we arrived at the house, there was Ernie at the window waiting for us to arrive.

On our first trip on the loop this time, we stopped at Ramsgate where we went down to the port and Ernie wanted to see the seaweed.

Ernie is very fond of the local bus which drives round in circles (both clockwise and anti-clockwise) connecting Broadstairs, Ramsgate, the shopping centre at Westwood Cross and Margate. It so appropriately called 'the loop' and Ernie can recognize it by sound.

We stopped off at the Westwood cross shopping centre briefly and Ernie was fascinated by the Haloween items. We came away with a bat.

Then it was back on the bus where Ernie nodded off. We sat near the bus stop in Margate until it was time for him to wake up.

On another occasion, we went all the way round the loop until he woke up. Here he is at the Turner gallery in Margate playing hide and seek.

 

And then with the ball on the steps of the Turner.

Jim came down on Friday evening, so we left Nick and Ernie at home while we went out for a meal. The next day, we went for a walk on the empty beach with Ernie playing hide and seek between the beach huts.

Our night alone with him went reasonably well but he was looking out of the window for Mummy at 5am

On our last day, while John cut the hedge, Pat too Ernie on the Loop to the Hornby visitor centre. There were plenty of train layouts. Some are available for everyone to play with and others are 'hands off', being rather more complicated.

Ernie hasn't really got the idea of Scalectrix yet.

So now we are back at home with a couple of events before our next visit to Broadstairs. Meanwhile, here is a lovely shot of John and Ernie with John's new iPhone

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