This view of the marina has become familiar to us. Apart from its aesthetic appeal, it serves to provide a quick check on the weather. At the moment this is cloudy-sunny though according to the Met Office, there will be rain later.

As you can see, the water in the harbour is as smooth as a mirror, indicating that the wind that has been a feature of the last few days, has dropped, at least for now.

The temperature has also dropped a couple of degrees, making me glad that I thought to bring a pullover with me, “just in case”.

We went exploring for breakfast and on the way passed this quaint stepped street called Abbot’s Hill.

We plumped for Star Nergis where we had breakfasted on a previous visit to Ramsgate.

We had some shopping to do and found what we needed in this section of the High Street which is pedestrian only.

The main business of the day was to go to Westcliff-on-Sea to meet family.

Accordingly, we caught a bus to Margate and changed to a second bus in Cecil Square.

The second bus brought us to Westcliff. Above is Station Road, a main shopping area. Westcliff has a number of Victorian vestiges, including the metal canopies outside shops that you can see on the left of the photo.

We rendezvoused in the Beano Cafe. (There are actually several of these in the area as well as a Beano Kebab.)

We went down to the seaside. It is a quiet area here with just a few shops selling the usual seaside items such as buckets and spades and a few beach cafes.

The tide was at its lowest point and the water was far away across acres of sand and mud. Though there were people on the beach, bathing was not on anyone’s menu.

The dots you can see on the sea towards the right are ships. They seemed to be anchored as none moved from where they were.

This picture shows the ships more clearly.

We stopped off for coffee at this beach cafe.

After this, we made our way back to Ramsgate. It turned out that the Met Office was right because it started to rain, right of cue. We decided to eat early again to avoid the rush. We tried the Turkish restaurant that I mentioned previously, and this time found plenty of free tables.

I ordered a halloumi starter and we both chose vegetarian casserole. Although there were very few diners, service was extremely slow. I think they forgot to bring my starter because it eventually came after they brought the main course.

As it was still raining and is due to continue doing so, we took refuge in the bar of our hotel where we ordered peppermint tea.

We sat in one of a pair of settees. The settee was very deep and very soft and therefore very hard to escape from! But eventually, we managed to convince ourselves to escape and make our way up the 33 steps to our hotel room.

This is the view from the window as I write this (6:46pm). The cloudy and rainy scene offers no incentive to venture out into the streets and so we shall spend the rest of the evening “at home” in our hotel room.

This was our last full day in Ramsgate and tomorrow we return to London. As usual, I am looking forward to it.