Sally Laker, Author at BaldHiker

A Journey Through The Full English Breakfast

BySally Laker Updated19 March 2023

My favourite way to start the day is a full English Breakfast or “Fry Up” or “Full Monty” as it’s affectionately called. Whenever we go out for a treat or stay over at a hotel…

Breakfast At The Bus Cafe In Margate

BySally Laker Updated19 March 2023

I love nothing more than a cooked breakfast and I’m always looking for new and different variations on the “Full English” breakfast. I love walking along Margate seafront and I’ve walked past the bus cafe…

An Orchard Tour at Brogdale Farm in Faversham

BySally Laker Updated28 November 2022

We’d been to Brogdale Farm, Kent, for some of their summer events and had a train ride around the Orchard with the children when they were younger, but we’d never been on a guided Orchard…

The Stunning Gardens of Mount Ephraim in Hernhill

BySally Laker Updated3 November 2022

We hadn’t been to Mount Ephraim in Kent for a few years and I was reminded just how beautiful the gardens were by Julie Wassmer when she was researching her new book in the Whitstable…

The 14th Century Littlebourne Barn Near Canterbury

BySally Laker Updated27 September 2022

We’d been to the Aisled Barn in Littlebourne, Canterbury, Kent, lots of times for summer and Christmas fayres and also art shows, but I’d never really looked around the empty barn to see how it…

Whitstable Harbour Gin – The Taste Of Kent

BySally Laker Updated16 September 2022

Whitstable Harbour Gin was launched In July 2021, by the landlord Darren Wilton and Justine Setterfield from The Old Neptune pub in Whitstable. I’d heard how good it was and I love to shop local…

Whitstable Bay “High Tide” Afternoon Tea at The Marine Hotel in Tankerton

BySally Laker Updated13 November 2022

I’d seen the promotional photos for this afternoon tea and I absolutely loved the idea of having it all served in a wooden boat. I do love novelty things and all things nautical so this…

Quex Park And Festability In Kent

BySally Laker Updated16 August 2022

Quex Park is a country estate in Birchington which is near Margate in Kent. It’s 250 acres of parkland and gardens and 1500 acres of farmed land. It has Quex House and the Powell-Cotton museum,…

Walking The Warren In Folkestone

BySally Laker Updated30 January 2022

We needed a really good walk and found this hidden gem in one of our Kent walking books. The Warren is in Folkestone, in east Kent and is just around the coast from the white…

Gin Tasting From Pink Pigs To 007

BySally Laker Updated10 January 2022

Gin has become the “go to” alcoholic beverage, it’s cool and trendy and the drink to be seen with. You can make it look pretty by sprucing it up with berries and slices of fruit…

The Unique, Picturesque, Fishing Town of Whitstable

BySally Laker Updated6 January 2022

Whitstable is a small, unique, delightfully quirky, seaside, fishing town in east Kent. It is packed full of lovely independent shops and places to eat and drink, it’s a vibrant town with a huge sense…

A Scenic Coastal Walk From Hampton To Herne Bay

BySally Laker Updated31 May 2022

I love this walk from Hampton. Hampton is one of my favourite coastal walks. It has a wide promenade and the bay is just stunning, particularly at sunrise or sunset. It is also packed with…

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