Once we finished up in the bus cafe we got back onto the train and made our way home. Overall it was a good day out! I managed to get some reading done in the commute times too. We were lucky that it was a lovely day, not too hot, not too cold! Have you been on any good days out recently? Perhaps there are some quirky places you like to visit too? Let me know!

Hopefully I'll explore more of Broadstairs and Margate sometime in the future. I'd love to write a more in-depth blogpost about Margate. So stick around for that!

One thing that I've noticed about secondhand bookshops is that they often sell antiques as well. Broadstairs Book Shop was no different. There were clocks lining some of the walls, and a few grandfather clocks were lurking at the back. A few weren't even fully made! We used to have one sitting in our dining room, so I always feel a connection to them; despite the fact that ours didn't actually have a pendulum (it was a cupboard!). Don't you love the sound of the clock ticking though, its creepy yet soothing. They always reminds me of the nursery rhyme, Hickory Dickory Dock, too.


From the picture below you can see that I did indeed find a book in my little hunt around the shop. Go Set A Watchman is one of my best secondhand finds! Not only was it released in 2015, the shopkeeper reckoned that it had never been read! I don't usually buy hardcovers either as they're more expensive, so finding one for £3 is a steal! Hopefully I'll be able to get round to reading it soon.

My family decided to go on a little day out to Broadstairs this Sunday. I'm not much of a traveller, but I love seeing pictures of places other people have been so I thought I'd take a few snapshots myself! I've decided to split this blogpost into three parts, just to neaten it up a little! So this is part 1 of a great day out.

When I was younger, I'd stay with my Grandma Cats in Canterbury for a week every summer. We used to get the bus to lots of different places like Ramsgate, Margate and of course Broadstairs; with a bucket and spade of course! Some of my earliest memories are of me wearing jelly shoes on the beach!



Sadly, my grandma passed away earlier this year, giving us the incentive to visit these places more now that we're all older. Our main aim in this trip was to visit the ice cream parlour, Morelli's, which my mum had always wanted to go to as a child. I'm not surprised as the place is gorgeous, so pretty and pink. It's a pity that I didn't take any pictures of it as a whole, I was too delighted to remember! It felt very 1950s American, it had a jukebox and everything! Also, you'll note in the second picture below that they had a basket of books to read! A wonderful idea indeed.


Morelli's had tonnes of different toppings to choose from, but I went for the classic Hot Chocolate Fudge Sundae. It's my favourite type! Plus, the hot fudge sauce was to die for! Yum yum! The staff that served us were lovely, and didn't mind me taking a few photos at all. I'll definitely go back in the future and get something different, perhaps a hot chocolate. Mmmmm.





That was part one of my little family trip. Tomorrow I'll share even more photos! Psst, it involves books! Let me know in the comments where you'd like to visit. Perhaps you've already been somewhere lovely. I'd love to here your adventures!