Kent – Isle of Sheppey

 Here we are set up on the Isle of Sheppey (IOS). Why the IOS I hear you cry – well we wanted to be close to Chatham Historic Dockyard so we could make a couple of visits there. We stayed at Leobay Caravan site, 5 caravans only, it had very good reviews despite its position. As you can see from the photos it is a very tranquil oasis. Across the River Swale is a very industrial landscape.

   

   

   Across from the caravan site -  the River Swale at dusk.

      

Queenborough harbour about a mile from the caravan site.

Underneath the arches of the Sheppey crossing.

 

All around the IOS is vehicle storage (look on Google Earth). If you own a VW, Citroën, Peugeot or Suzuki it has probably been imported through here.

 

Sheerness  is home to the largest freestanding cast iron clock tower in Kent. It is 36 feet tall and was built in 1902 at a cost of around £360.

Sheerness promenade

 

Minster Promenade – Stuart at a new beach hut.

Sue taking even more exercise

 

Carol and David joined us on site with their caravan for a couple days.

     

Maggie joined us for a day

An ‘amaizing’ geocache

 

        The Handbag Gang  -  A walk along Queenborough promenade

One morning at 0730 we could hear lots of sirens coming from the Sheppey Crossing. At about 0900 we found out that there was a massive pile up on the crossing. Here are the headlines from the local press. About 130 vehicles were involved, but no one was killed thank goodness.

Here are two photos from the Times Guardian

To be continued ………