Euromilitaire – fraggle ~ rocking a camera across the Universe

Home gain now after our annual trip to the EuroMilitaire model show in Folkestone. We started going way back in 1990 so give or take the odd year when circumstances prevented us, we’ve been going 24 years. For the past 5 years we’ve stayed ina lovely hotel called The Relish, which has lovely rooms, a glass of wine and some cake waiting on arrival, and does a mean breakfast. Thats our room there at the top where there’s a balcony and what looks like 2 urns outside it.

Whilst Phil did the model show I went for a walk on Saturday afternoon to get some photo’s of the local area,the weather was overcast so any blue skies are from a few I took on Sunday. The architecture of the grand houses is beautiful, mostly turned into flats, hotels or residential homes for retired people, but I like to imagine how they used to be with a Downton Abbey kind of thing going on.

The Model Show is held in a hall on The Leas, a walkway on top of the cliffs above the beach, and it’s along there that I took my camera.

Chinese vine (not many grapes :) ) — Chinese vine (not many grapes 🙂 )

Phil did OK in the competition, getting highly commended judgements from the judges, and of course we went to our most favourite Chinese Restaurant twice!

those are from both nights, we couldn’t eat THAT much!

At the end of the dinner on the second night Phil decided he really wanted a cup of tea (we always have a cuppa after dinner at home, it is Phil’s thing!) and he was a bit surprised when it came.

No milk, no sugar???? 🙂 We knew as we’d ordered a whole pot for two we had to drink at least some of it, there were no plants about to surreptitiously tip it into, and actually it was really palette cleansing and very refreshing, Phil even managed a top up! But we won’t be buying any for home anytime soon 😀

So back to the real world today and working a day off yet again, but it was great to see our chums at the model show and get together at one of the hotel bars in the evenings, and we had a good time, so will be back next year no doubt.

So, posting today because I’m off and away to Folkestone to the Euromilitaire Military model Show. Phil is taking a few of his models to put in the competition and I’m driving us down there. It’s always a fab weekend and we get to go to our favourite Chinese restaurant, twice! 🙂

Here are the models Phil is putting in the figure section.

We won’t be home til late Sunday night as it’s a 6 hour drive for us.

In the meantime this week has seen my bird feeder being taken over by the spider community of the garden, and most mornings I’ve gone to the kitchen and some new web has appeared, and the previous ones disappeared. All that work for just a few hours fly catching!