Day’s Journey from Kent. Sept. 1979.
Evening getting late
Third hotel try
Coastal town Rye
On English Channel
Smugglers’ hangout
Stories of Scarecrow of
Romney Marsh.
Raining and booming
Surf amplified.
Earlier at Canterbury Cathedral.
We apologize to
Innkeeeper for the hour.
No problem folks.
One room left.
Downstairs, quaint.
Antique in design.
Stone walls, tapestries.
Now about your supper.
Oh no, much too late, Sir.
Listen our Cook served in your
Canadian Army, four years.
Loved the people.
He would insist. Might join.
Dining room with us
Twenty minutes OK?
The dinner delightful
Easy talking with Owner
Wife and Cook.
Told them that my Dad
Served with Brits
WW2 in RAF
Battle of Britain.
Navigator, radio and radar man.
In floating Sunderland bombers.
Out of Cromarty Firth, North Sea.
Invergordon based.
Knock at the door
Entering Marjorie Chutnam.
In her mid sixties
Collecting for veterans.
Military attire.
All smiles.
It was Battle of Britain Day.
September twenty-first
She was on fire with stories
And goodwill
For these two Canucks.
She worked Manchester
Munitions factory
During the conflict.
To push Gerry back.
What an evening!
Coincidences unforgettable.
Five years in marriage
And this glorious Trip.
For Doug and Hilary.
Baby Lauren just
One year distant.
And parenting journey.
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Written on July 04, 2014
Submitted by dougb.19255 on July 04, 2023
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