London to Dartford!

Got up early at 7am to have breakky with Fiona before she left for work. We cooked bacon, eggs, mushrooms, onions, and hash browns! We had a little accident with Fiona’s cast iron pot - the inner paintwork crackled and popped spoiling our mushrooms! Anyhow it was nice to have a big breakfast again!

We said farewell to Fiona as she left for work and then Di went back to sleep whilst I surfed the net. Around 11:30am we took our clothes which were still wet to the Laundromat to us the dryer. It did the trick! We skipped lunch and went to watch Iron Man at the local Empire cinema! Not bad!

After the movie we rushed back to Fiona’s place to finish packing our bags and then we were off to the train station to head to Dartford! We caught the underground to Embankment and walked to Charing Cross station to catch the southeastern train to Dartford. All up the journey took almost 2hrs! We arrived in Dartford at 6pm and Aunty Clem picked us up at the station. She called Beng Kiet koko who was on the train and he said he was only 10mins away so we decided to wait for him at the station. Twenty minutes later he turned up and explained that his train had been delayed cos some guy had jumped onto the tracks!

We got to Uncle Alex’s place and repacked our small luggage bag for our overnight stay at Paula’s! Around 7:30pm we drove to Maidstone, about a 20min drive away. We picked up Cheng Yee from Maidstone station and then headed to Paula’s place.

Paula’s place is a nice 2 storey semi detached place in a dead end street. It had a very homely feel about it! Paula welcomed us and took us on a tour! She has a living room, separate dining room, conservatory, downstairs and upstairs toilet, and 3 bedrooms, one with a shower ensuite! She also has a decent sized backyard and deck!

As soon as we entered, we could smell wafts of home cooked Indian cuisine! Mmmm said my stomach! We made ourselves at home and cracked open a bottle of wine whilst Paula finished preparing dinner and Aunty Clem her apple crumble dessert! Dinner was amazing! Tandoori chicken (spicy!), ginger chicken, baked salmon, curry chicken, and salad to cool things down! It was just really nice sitting down to a home cooked meal after being on the go for the last few weeks!
Ok better go to bed now cos it’s an early start for our trip to France tomorrow!