Sorry for a very brief Five this week. We've been away for my birthday. Where? Margate. (It's in Kent.) So here's five things from there.
The RNLI is the charity that saves lives at sea. Hundreds of men and women up and down the country risk their lives regularly in rough and hazardous seas to go to the help of others. There's a rescue boat near the harbour arm in Margate.
This clock is on the tower of the tourist information office, known as the Droit House, a building which used to act as the customs house and also the place where ships paid fees to enter the harbour.
The artist JMW Turner said Margate had the finest skies in all of Europe. And I have to admit they've been pretty good this week.
Turner was a bit of a rogue and in later life lived in Margate with a Mrs Booth - seaside landlady. While there he was known as Mr Booth, even though he had a wife and children back home in London. There's a sculpture on the harbour arm that's called Mrs Booth, and it's shaped like a souvenir shell lady - except it's MUCH bigger.
And finally - hidden in a back street away from the town centre is a mysterious cave. 104 feet long and decorated with 4.6 million shells. No-one knows who made it, when or why, but it was discovered in the 1830s and opened as a tourist attraction very shortly after. It deserves a post of its own - so watch out for more about it later.
This has been a very bitty Five on Friday post. Now head over to
Tricky's FAST blog to see others that have been put together with much more care than mine!
