Herne Bay

With rain forecast moving east from London through Kent we decided to visit Herne Bay. Whilst the day was very overcast I took a few shots all of which I have converted into black & white.

This is the old pier separated from the shore during WW2. The full story of the various piers can be read here.

The current much shorter pier.

The new pier with the head of the much older pier in the background.

"Amy Johnson CBE (1903-1941) was one of the most influential and inspirational women of the twentieth century. She was the first woman to fly solo from England to Australia in 1930 and set a string of other records throughout her career." Amy is believed to have died whilst on a delivery flight of an Airspeed Oxford from Blackpool to Kidlington, near Oxford. It is thought that she made a parachute jump from the aircraft close to Herne Bay. It was assumed that whilst she was a long way from her intended track she must have ran out of fuel. Her full story can be found here.

© Lionel Callow 2018