Over a spot of brekkie I
tried solving some puzzles. One involved semaphore flags and was
relatively straight forward. One involved number substitutions and
still has me foxed. GPS + HUNT = CACHE. Clearly C=1. G=8 and H=9, but
the rest could be anything.
We then went down to
visit the Rear Admiral. A spot more brekkie was in order so we called
in at the Black Bulll cafe. The all day breakfast was good - when it
arrived. I do think that half an hour's wait was somewhat excessive.
We then moved in to
Folkestone to see the Star Wars exhibits; for some months I've been
seeing all sorts of adverts about the May 4th events which were
planned to be taking place all over Folkestone. To cut a long story
short I was disappointed. The highlight of the day was that which we
found first - a dalek and a cyberman outside the HMV shop. I'm not
quite sure what a dalek and a cyberman have got to do with Star
Wars, but it made my day when the cyberman said "hello Manky
Badger". It turned out that the cyberman was on my Facebook
list. We exchanged pleasantries then made our way to the Chambers
bar.
The Chambers bar is one
of my favourite pubs, and all the information about the day had
advertised that the Chambers was running a Star Wars Cantina event
for the day. The advertising had lied. There was absolutely nothing
out of the ordinary at all. Certainly nothing sci-fi related. We had
a pint of stout and moved on.
By now it was raining so
we hurried to The Grand Hotel for the main event of the day. Hidden
away at the back of the hotel were two rooms packed with people
selling overpriced sci-fi tat, two daleks, a tardis, a weeping angel,
and some people dressed as various incarnations of Doctor Who. If you
looked closely there were a couple of stormtroopers and a Darth Maul,
but they took some finding.
I don't think I'm being
unfair when I say that I went along expecting to be entertained but
came out feeling that I'd wasted my time. I saw everything that was
there in five minutes. Having been to this sort of event before I
realise that in order for it to be successful it needs to be more
than just a shop. People want to see a show, people want something
which is interactive. Today's event was not what had been billed.
As we walked back along
the Leas we were asked for directions to the Grand Hotel by several
people. Was I being unfair to the event's organisers when I told
these people how unimpressed I was?
Leaving the Hose Beast
and er indoors TM" shopping, me and the
Rear Admiral went into the Pullman for a crafty pint of Red Top. And
then home via a pet food stall in the market and Iceland.
Fudge liked the bone we
got for him in the market, and spent the rest of the afternoon very
noisily crunching away at it.
We then adjourned round
to see Steve and Sarah for an evening's batby. It was a shame that
he evening wasn't as nice as yesterday's had been, but it was good to
sit outside with friends and have a decent bit of tea al-fresco.
It would have been good to have stayed later, but my little dog had
been left alone quite a bit today and I was fretting about him. We
came home to find he was quite happy. We could have left him
longer...
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