Had a nice walk with Mark and Judy around Challock. The bonus was the Gliding Club coffee shop, they did bacon baguettes to die for. Some of the walk was on the old Pilgrims Way where I saw this lovely cottage.

They always look so lovely but I guess at times like the recent snow life can be quite difficult. Plus I have to be near water and boats.
The following day Hazel went to the Hairdressers in Hythe so I meandered around with my trusty camera. I spied this headstone in St Leonards churchyard, quite a tragic history for this family.

Found this info on the SS Persia in Wikipedia.
SS Persia was a P&O passenger liner, built in 1900 by Caird & Company, Inverclyde, Greenock, Scotland. It was torpedoed and sunk without warning on December 30, 1915, by German U-Boat commander Max Valentiner.
Nearly 500 feet (152.34 m) long, with a beam of 53 feet (16.55 m), draft of 24.5 feet (7.47 m) and a size of 7,974 gross register tons (GRT), the Persia carried triple expansion steam engines capable of driving the ship at a respectable 18 knots (33.3 km/h).
Persia was sunk off Crete, while the passengers were having lunch, on December 30, 1915, by German World War I U-Boat ace Max Valentiner (commanding U-38). The Persia sank in five to ten minutes, killing 343 of the 519 aboard. The sinking was highly controversial, since it broke naval international law, or the "Cruiser Rules", that stated merchant shipping carrying passengers should be given opportunity for the passengers to disembark before combat could commence. A warning shot across the bow should have been given first. Instead, the U-Boat fired a torpedo with no warning. At the time of sinking, Persia was carrying a large quantity of gold and jewels belonging to the Maharaja Jagatjit Singh.
Among the passengers to survive were John Douglas-Scott-Montagu, 2nd Baron Montagu of Beaulieu. His secretary (and mistress) Eleanor Thornton, who was the model for the Rolls-Royce "Spirit of Ecstasy" mascot by Charles Robinson Sykes, died. The story was front page news on many British newspapers, including the Daily Mirror and the Daily Sketch.
The wreck of the Persia was located off Crete in 2003 at a depth of 10,000 feet (3,000 m), and an attempt was made to salvage the treasure located in the bullion room. The salvage attempt met with limited success, retrieving artifacts and portions of the ship, and some jewels from the bullion room.
I found it interesting but then I'm a sucker for ships and the sea.
Later down by the canal I saw this Weeping Willow loved the light and colour.

It has since become one of my most successful images.
Well that's it for now as i am still toing and froing to the hospital as my Dad is not getting any better.