Arthur was very keen to go camping this weekend so we went down to The Warren near Folkestone. Which was really interesting. I like captured it best by placing it firmly on the line between dismal and lovely.
It seems poised on the edge of gentrification, but you also feel like it could slip back into Kentish moribundia very easily.
I'm especially fond of the abandoned roller-coaster, which has a very scooby-doo feel.
There seem to be about four shops clustered on a single street which represent the bohemian quarter and which might furnish the early burst of arty gentrification. Chief among these is a shop that used to be my favourite shop of all time when it was in London, but which is always closed when we get to Folkestone - rennies. Highly recommended for all your comfy modernist needs. We went home through Hythe and stopped at a brilliant place called The Light Railway Restaurant.
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