Pub #3. Ongoing refurbishment on the upper floor. We sat in the corner downstairs near the collection of Wisden - books have been arranged by colour! Chatted to the friendly barman and forgot to note the beer I had, or what else was on!

3rd visit of this outing to Broadstairs: Busy for our mid-afternoon visit and just after my belated breakfast in one of Broadstairs’ High Street cafes and a walk around the harbour quay. Prompt, friendly service and a sample of the Tonbridge IPA followed a sample of Wantsum’s More's Head which they seem to have as a regular as on, on most visits but which just ran out on requesting a half. Seating to be had in this bookshop/micropub which was welcome after the earlier walks from Ramsgate to Gadds’ taproom and then into Broadstairs via the Albion Inn on the borders of St Peters.

4th visit of the outing: Very quiet footfall but this afforded very attentive and friendly service. This is the cross-breed between a bookshop and micropub and operating as the latter since August 2012. This was in the same year the first micropub by all accounts opened in the area as in the Four Candles just outside of Broadstairs on the St Peter's borders.

Second stop of the outing: Ticking over with a party of real ale drinkers in ahead of me and thankfully all served when I got to this cross between a bookshop and micropub. Prompt, friendly service from the usual barman for my early afternoon visit.

4th visit of the outing: This flint-clad micro opened in a bookshop that still operates. Originally St Mary's Chapel and dated 1601. Our party of two wandered along Albion Street in the direction of Harbour Street from the seafront promenade and so as to take in the changing colour of the sea to blue to reflect the now blue sky above for this one on our list. Not busy but with a few others in and so served without delay for our mid-afternoon visit. My favourite bitter of recent outings here was on and so pleased to try it again.

5th visit of the outing: This flint-clad micro opened in a bookshop that still operates and so you can browse the books over a pint or two. Its name comes from being originally St Mary's Chapel and dated 1601. Our party of four now had only to cross the road from The Magnet and wander along Albion Street in the direction of Harbour Street for this one on our list. Not overly busy but with a few others in and so served without delay for our late afternoon visit.

3rd visit of the outing: Said to form part of the oldest building structure in Broadstairs, The Chapel also certainly charges a pretty ancient price for at least one of its real ales and at a mere £3.40 a pint on my visit. Perhaps I was just very lucky! I did not pick the ale for its price, as not shown, but because I like a drop of good bitter. More of that coming up. Not more than just a few others in. Most were on the beach trying out various sun-dances to encourage the sun to break through the clouds. Perhaps those dances were a bit like a ritual dance to summon rain, associated in particular with some North American Indian peoples. Friendly prompt service from the barman and good banter with him and his other customer for my mid-afternoon visit. It doubles as a bookshop with a gallery above where you can sit and sup and browse a book or two all at the same time. This micropub is part of the old St. Mary's Chapel and is said to date back to at least the 1350s.

First and only pub in BS today, we arrived full of food after a late lunch in Posilipo's nearby we purloined the empty upstairs gallery room and chilled out as the heavens opened.

3 beers on..and no price list. Got a shock when I saw the bill!

Couldn't get onto the magnet with the crowds. 4 beers on though one had to be sent back. Vinegar.