Dry Rye

 So the folks at the St Peter’s Bed and Breakfast in Sandwich were kind enough to take our bags the 10 minute walk to the train station. 

They were both (Kelvin and ???) very kind and thoughtful people.  We had a long conversation with Kelvin about psychology and mindfulness. He’s a retired entrepreneur who works the B&B in the summer months to make money to have a holiday the rest of the year. Good guy. The B&B however was a bit tired and run down. Probably wouldn’t stay there again but I’m torn cause the folks were sooo nice.

Any way we made it to Rye via rail without incident. Rye is beautiful (see below) and has some great restaurants. We tried one, the union, and we’re set to try the Newgate Bistro. Unfortunately a water main broke in town shutting down the Bistro, so we returned to the union for a second night. 

This AM they shut off the entire town’s water supply, not a loo open in town, at 8 am. 

I’d come back for a night or two if I was in the area. There are several good looking restaurants. Unfortunately you can do all the other tourist things in about four hours. Lots of shopping (mostly antiques and pet stores) but when traveling by rail it’s hard to carry home a dresser. 

We stayed in some lovely rooms associated with The Fig restaurant. The rooms were neat and clean and the breakfast was outstanding. The restaurant looked great but other than breakfast we didn’t get a chance to eat there  

Some pictures below.

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