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I forgot the date. I am bad at being romantic, but I did remember when Mr McMuffin asked me what day it was. Well, first of all I said 'Friday', but then I realised that the answer was not so simple.
I was also quite bad about the date. I really wanted to go, but had been up most of the night celebrating St Patrick's day in Canterbury with my sister and chums. I have to confess to being so drunk that when I got up the next morning, my sister and friend (who had been moaning about their hangovers) took one look at me and immediately felt better.
It was a good job I'd known Mr McMuffin for a couple of years, so he knew that I wasn't much of an alkie. I remember where we went, it was the Chiding stone in Chiddingstone. I have been fascinated by this strange lump of stone that just appears out of the ground, and doesn't fit in at all, and Mr McMuffin told me he was too. I think he lied, but it was sweet. We went to Tunbridge Wells after that as too much country makes Mr McMuffin all queasy. It was a good day, the first of many.
Not as many as some, I wish we'd met each other earlier, but we'll get there.
mr mcmuffin on 20 Mar 2004 @ 12:48 AM ✲ Permalink
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Haha, we first went to Chiddingstone 10 years ago too, on one of the last "holidays at home".
http://www.virtualtourist.com/m/tp/1a1c8/
So, that was you we disturbed behind the rock, was it? Sorry to ruin your first date :-p
Posted by: steve | 20 Mar 2004 08:59:33
I had no idea it was such a place for courting couples! Mr McMuffin must have thought I was a big slapper, not that it was us you disturbed, we have another anniversary!
Posted by: mrs mcmuffin | 20 Mar 2004 18:59:21
Try as I might, and having used all within my Googling power for about fifteen minutes, I am unable to find a photograph of said Chiding Stone itself. Is this because visitors become emerged in certain other courting rituals when in its presence, thereby forgetting to utilise their photography apparatus?
If anyone knows of the Web-based location of a photograph of the stone (taken perhaps by a passing member of the cloth?), I would love to know the address, to find out what all the fuss is about.
Plenty of photos of the village, though. Looks lovely!
Posted by: David (TEFL Smiler) | 22 Mar 2004 10:39:33
