Travel writer Graeme Payne
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From the world’s first and most utilised pier in Ryde to the birthplace of Sooty, speaker Graeme Payne provides an entertaining tour of these magnificent but sometimes neglected seaside features that draw millions of visitors to our coast each year.
Graeme has written for many of the world’s leading travel magazines and is author of over 30 travel industry guides relating to cruising and luxury travel. He also designed and wrote a cruise consultant’s guide to over 300 ports of call which has subsequently been extended and developed into an award winning consumer website.
The 19th-century Margate Jetty was virtually destroyed in a storm in January 1978.