Originally Posted by
sfdaw
Not much in Ramsgate near the station however the Jolly Farmer pub in Manston village is about a 1/2 mile from the airport terminal. Although the road does not have any pavements/sidewalks until Manston village.
If you are taking the cross country train then you could try taking a taxi to Minster village (about 2.5 miles) which has 3 good pubs serving food, some restaurants/food outlets as well. The cross country train stops at Minster so you could stroll from the pub to the station and not bother with Ramsgate! FYI the High Speed train to St. Pancras don't stop there so don't go there if your booked on that service.
Very useful tip about Minster ^^ - much appreciated, and I may well take that option (I shall be travelling cross-country, via Tonbridge & Redhill). However, the train also goes through Wye (a beautiful village, where I worked for 3 years) and (Tr)Ashford
, where I lived for 3 years, so I may choose to make a visit to one or more 'establishments' there!
Originally Posted by
Fly Baby
This is such sad news - I genuinely like the smaller regional airports. I'm no where near MSE and can't find an excuse to use it but I imagine it be a lot like RTM - walk off the plane and straight up to the border checks then a few steps to the bus that takes you into the city - all within minutes of landing...about as relaxing as flying gets these days.
Henry III - any chance you can do a mini-trip report with a couple of pictures? It would be nice to record it for posterity.
I also love the wee airports - and it is purely because of this that I'm making the trip to MSE (I have no sensible reason whatsoever
)
A mini trip report could be forthcoming!* But, many years ago, I made a very firm decision to not travel with a camera (for all sorts of strange reasons, way beyond the scope of this thread/forum), so don't expect any pictures (unless I can find a packet of felt-tip pens).
-- Henry
* Especially if I can cajole somebody from the local RAF museum to fly me to LGW in a Spitfire!
