A couple of months ago Flypast featured aviation museums in Kent. Within the feature was a small advert for a ‘Battle of Britain’ self guided tour on cd-rom, produced by a local tourist information office, describing a comprehensive route and significant features along the way, including pubs!!!
Sadly, I have tidied the said article away, so well infact I can’t find it!! Yes, I know, a major ‘seniors moment’.
Would any one on the forum be kind enough to take a look back for the said issue/article and provide me with the relevant contact details etc.etc.
Mrs.Mutant, Mutant Jnr. and myself are planning a trip to the UK this Summer(July) and would be grateful for any information regarding a tour of ‘Battle of Britain’ Country. Dare I say it…. we will also be attending ‘Legends….;)
Cheers,
Mutant
By: mutant - 10th January 2007 at 20:08
Septic, again, many thanks. It’s all good ‘intelligence’!!
Mutant
By: Septic - 9th January 2007 at 21:19
Hi Mutant,
You might want to take a look at this place on your travels, another favourite with the pilots stationed at Hawkinge.
Septic.
By: mutant - 9th January 2007 at 17:51
Well, if I can’t park the MG in front of the pub I’m not bringing it over! :p
Thanks for the photo of the ‘Jackdaw’. Definitely whets the appetite. Only six months and how many days before I’ll be there……! I’m not counting the days, really I’m not.
Septic, thanks for the link to what is a beautiful series of photographs. I hope the ‘Mutant’ family are as lucky with the weather as you were. I must do some research on Elham (B+Bs, pubs etc).
The ‘Red Lion’ in Snargate (close to the Brenzett Aviation Museum) which has made it into the 2007 Good Beer Guide and is in their National Inventory of historical interiors, will be sqeezed into ‘the tour’. Good job Mrs.Mutant, as a Canadian ‘born and bred’, is still happy driving in the UK (wrong side of the road and all that!).;)
My cd-rom ‘Drive the Battle of Britain’ arrived in the mail this morning allowing me the opportunity to listen to it on the way to work. I’m very impressed. An excellent production! A blend of music, narration and radio reports from the period. Brilliant!
By: Moggy C - 8th January 2007 at 23:23
Regrettably you can no longer park your MG Roadster directly in front of the pub.
Moggy
By: Septic - 8th January 2007 at 23:03
This thread may give you a hint of whats in store.
Good luck with the trip.
Septic.
http://forum.keypublishing.co.uk/showthread.php?t=59027&highlight=septic
By: mutant - 8th January 2007 at 13:47
Creaking Door, hello.
The cd-rom is, I believe, an audio disc so it will be quite handy to play in the car as we drive around, sit in traffic, experience grid-lock Kentish style.
I am originally from the UK and visit as often as possible, normally once a year.
Even though I do have recent experience of driving in the UK, particularly the South, I still tend to be a little over ambitious in planning my ‘road trips’ and forget how long it takes to get a relatively short distance whether on motorways or A/B roads. Thanks for the warning!
mutant
By: Creaking Door - 5th January 2007 at 18:34
I’m happy you found what you were looking for. I’m sure a few forumites did search for this (without success) as I did.
I’m wondering is the CD-ROM for the car CD player or for your computer and will you get it sent to you in advance?
Have you been to the UK before? You may find driving over here a very different experience (especially in B-of-B country) from that in Canada!
WA$.
By: mutant - 5th January 2007 at 14:45
“Deafening silence……..”
Well, guess what?
After trawling the web with various combinations of ‘Battle of Britain’ Road tour, ‘Battle of Britain Trail’ etc.etc., I finally discovered what I was looking for. Ain’t ‘Google’ a wonderful thing!
The cd-rom is titled ‘Drive The Battle of Britain’ and is available from the Folkstone and Shepway Tourist Office for a fee of 2.99 Pounds. I have also figured out co-ordinates for at least one significant hostelry, ‘The Jackdaw’ at Dutton, which is also in the 2007 ‘Good Beer Guide’!!! Way hey! Roll on July!
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January 3, 2007 at 2:16 pm