With no end in sight to our extraordinary heat-wave, you may be getting a little bored of lolling around in London’s parks. If the frisbees are fraying your nerves and you can’t quite recall what a horizon looks like, it may be time to break out the city and re-discover England’s coastline – (melting train tracks permitting). Resist following your colleagues to London-by-Sea and venture instead to upmarket Whitstable where the world really is your oyster.
Whitstable Oyster Festival The landing of the oyster