Last weekend we went off to Eindhoven in Holland for a scale model show, which Phil wanted to attend and put some of his models into the competition there. There’s no quick and easy way to get there from Newcastle, so we drove down to Folkestone and stayed overnight in our fave hotel, The Relish.
The Relish
our room was on the right in the middle, and our view was..
We had a lovely Chinese meal at our fave restaurant
before setting off early in the morning to catch the ferry from Dover to Calais.
White Cliffs
I didn’t take any photo’s on the journey through France & Belgium as I was doing the driving. The model show was at NH Koningshof conference centre, which was huge, and set in a lush forest next to a national park, which was a nice surprise for me and my camera!
The Conference centreThe Car ParkLooking down from our balconylooking up from our balconyan atrium in the centre
They set up a cafeteria for the model show in the stage room..
amazing window..
So a really nice venue in all. We arrived on the Saturday evening for the show on Sunday, so I’ll post about that next time.
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.
The RelishJust arrived
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.
Boys being boysGrand HousesLookout postChinese vine (not many grapes 🙂 )French ClockThe Meeting PlaceCormorantAlong The LeasThe BandstandAloneWeeds and webs
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!
Phil checking out one of my prawns
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.
Green Tea
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.
fraggle ~ rocking a camera across the Universe 
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