Thursday 27th September, 2018

After leaving Bridge Cottage B & B we drove the 20 minutes into Hythe to catch the Romney/Hythe/Dymchurch Railway.  This railway was purpose built as a 1/3 size railway, just for fun, and runs on a 15 inch gauge. However, during the 2nd World War it was taken over by the War Department to move munitions up and down the coast and was used extensively during the building of PLUTO (Pipe Line Under the Ocean) which fuelled the Allied Invasion.

 The trains stopped for 1/2 hr at New Romney Station, where there is a model railway exhibition

The RH&DR was the culmination of the dreams of Captain J. E. P. Howey — a racing driver, millionaire land owner, former Army Officer and miniature railway aficionado and Count Louis Zborowski — eminently well-known racing driver of his day (famous for owning and racing the Chitty Bang Bang Mercedes).
It was a really fun trip down to Dungeness where we were able to see the large Nuclear Power Station.  We had lunch at the Dungeness Railway Cafe before returning to Hythe.  
We drove from Hythe across country using back roads and through lots of little villages.  We wanted to go to see the Ouse Valley Viaduct, and according to the map got really close, but the lack signage defeated us :(
By this time it was late afternoon and decided to head to our accommodation The Carpenters Arms in Tonbridge, where will will spend the next 3 nights