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John Foley:
A month from now I'll de-camp for SE England week long golf get away. I've lined up Littlestone, Rye, Princes Deal and Sandwich. Spending a few days in Rye & Deal. I'd love to hear a few suggestions about any unique places I should make sure to see and food & beverage options. If anyone is in that area and want to grab a beverage at the end of the day please reach out.

Michael Felton:
The King's Head in Deal is a pretty good pub. It's next door to Dunkerley's which I think is a pretty nice fish restaurant. I have been there once, but it was many years ago and I wasn't exactly dry on the way in, so I might be off (on Dunkerley's, not the pub). I spend a week or so in Deal every year and my group hang out in the King's Head and eat at various places you can just walk into. Most of the beachfront stuff is housing - you need to head a road or two away from the beach to find the shops and restaurants.


That's also a good line up of golf you've got there!

Adam Lawrence:
There is a lot of good food in Deal. The relatively new Blue Pelican is a Japanese influenced restaurant that has been getting stunning reviews on a national level. I haven’t been yet — I live about half an hour from Deal in Margate, a town with even more good food — but I would really like to. Needs my baby daughter to pass the Soya Ladder, hence allowing my breastfeeding wife to eat soya!

Brett Hochstein:
Rye and Sandwich are both lovely little Cinque Port towns to have a stroll about. I made time in the morning to explore both and did not regret it; it's a complemental and enhancing experience on top of the golf. 


For extra golf, I recommend the Short (Cliffs) Course at North Foreland. 18 Simpson greens overlooking the water on a nice little plot of land. Only takes an hour or so to play if by yourself, though you'll probably end up wanting to go around for more!

Adam Lawrence:
John

If you follow Brett's suggestion re North Foreland, let me know. The club is less than two miles from where I am currently sitting.

The short course is now known as the Northcliffe course btw. It was the venue for Henry Longhurst's first tournament win as a thirteen year old in a kids competition in, I think, 1922.

Adam

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