Guest 649- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
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22 January 2010
19:5438517Well that is it,hope to see you all soon,had my last meal,going to have a hot bath etc have to be in Margate at 0730hrs in the morning, one of the good things about this some of my family are going to stay so my wife will not be on her own the other one is I hope to be walking better when I get back.
All the best Vic Matcham.ifyou are in MARGATE please come and see me.
howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
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22 January 2010
19:5638518all the best vic,let us know what butchery sorry ward that you are booked into.
Guest 657- Registered: 13 Mar 2008
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22 January 2010
20:0538520All the best Vic, hope it gors well for you.
Guest 653- Registered: 13 Mar 2008
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22 January 2010
20:1138523Saw Vic lunchtime at the SeaSports Centre and wished him well.
Good Luck Vic - you'll be O.K. There'll be plenty of exercises/physio to do afterrwards.
Roger
Guest 674- Registered: 25 Jun 2008
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22 January 2010
20:3238528Good luck will pop over to see you
Guest 674- Registered: 25 Jun 2008
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22 January 2010
20:3338529QUESTION TIME
As one of the poor socialists, can someone advise how best on public transport to get to the margate hospital in the evening
anyone know?
howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
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22 January 2010
20:5338533bad news keith.
a train to ramsgate, then watch the connecting train to margate leave.
that is how it seemed to me.
the time on the two trains together does not match the time standing on bleak platforms.
once you get to margate station it gets worse, try to find the bus that runs to the hospital, the walk is about 30 mins otherwise and no locals seem to know where it is to help you with directions.
even jimmy saville at his peak could not big up the service.
Guest 674- Registered: 25 Jun 2008
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22 January 2010
20:5638534Blimey
thought there was a bus from ramsgate?
Terry Nunn
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22 January 2010
21:2138535The Thanet Loop bus runs from Ramsgate about every 10 minutes and drops outside the front door.
Terry
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Guest 674- Registered: 25 Jun 2008
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22 January 2010
21:2638536cheers Terry
anyone got a time table
Guest 690- Registered: 10 Oct 2009
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22 January 2010
21:3138538Good luck Vic if you`re still there. Do visitors bring grapes or beans?
Tell them that I came, and no one answered.
Guest 649- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
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22 January 2010
22:0238543Thank you all for that and this is my very last post till I get back just a hot bath and now off to bed see you all soon Vic M
Colin it is beans
Alec Sheldon
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23 January 2010
01:0038560The last bus to Ramsgate from Dover is at 1713 arriving at 1830.
The last bus to Dover from Ramsgate is at 1745 arriving at 1842.
The Thanet loop from Ramsgate runs every 15 minutes stopping outside the hospital.
Returning to Dover you would have to get the Loop from the hospital and get off at Ramsgate Station and get the train. Sorry, I have no train times.
I had the same operation as Vic over two years ago and had to go back a few times for check ups. It is quite a good service in the day, nearly every hour from Dover and the loop is every 7 minutes until the evening when it goes to every 15 minutes.
If you catch the loop make sure you get the correct one as one goes clockwise and the other anticlockwise, it can be confusing if you don't know the score.
If you intend to go in the evening it looks like the train to Ramsgate would be the best option and catch the loop outside of the station.
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23 January 2010
07:4438564Good Luck to you Vic.
=Baked bean with sunglasses. Stay Cool!
Guest 674- Registered: 25 Jun 2008
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23 January 2010
08:3738565Alec
Thanks for that, will probably get bus to ramsgate about 4.30 then off at ramsgate rail station, then loop service to hospital is that correct?
Terry Nunn- Location: London Road, Dover
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23 January 2010
12:4838574Go to the bus's terminus in Leopold Street and then just cross the road Keith.
Terry
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Guest 674- Registered: 25 Jun 2008
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23 January 2010
18:1738585im leaving from folkestone at 4.30pm by bus dont know ramsgate that well
wheres leopold street terry?
Terry Nunn- Location: London Road, Dover
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23 January 2010
18:3538587You'll go down a fairly narrow road which is Queen Street and then tun right into Leopold Street. Ahead of you will be the harbour. As it's the terminus most people will get off! The Loop buses on the other side of the road are the clockwise ones which should be marked Westwood, QEQM and Margate.
Which day are you going?
Terry
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23 January 2010
18:3738588TERRY
MONDAY
Terry Nunn- Location: London Road, Dover
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23 January 2010
18:4338589Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?