Hut 136

Artist Karen Simpson is spending time at our beach hut in Herne Bay. Here she describes the start of her project and how everyone can get involved. Hut 136 is all set up to become the Beach Art Hut for … Continue reading →

The Friends of Herne Bay Museum were delighted to have Hut 136 for a couple of days over the Carnival weekend in August 2012. On the Saturday, we went down and dressed the inside of the hut with the seaside … Continue reading →

The Children’s Centre in Herne Bay organised a Picnic at the beach hut for local families. We first went for a long walk by the sea and then went to the hut to have our picnic and play time. The … Continue reading →

Being in contact with real nature seems to be nearly impossible in our busy city lives. Finding a natural place where humans haven’t intervened is not possible, in fact it is known that the only places on earth where it … Continue reading →

It was the first day of winter where snow was forecast for the United Kingdom – and it sure felt like it too! We decided, however, to pack up all of our jumpers and persevere with our plan no matter … Continue reading →

A bright blue autumn sky. Perfect for blue skies thinking and to inspire thoughts for our new Bright Skies drama clubs. Bright Shadow knows what its priorities are so as soon as we arrived at the hut and before we … Continue reading →

Having recently found myself in a position where I can refer to my vocation as being an ‘adventurer,’ I have been quite surprised at how difficult it can be to make time for doing just that – having adventures. In … Continue reading →

After initially forgetting the key, I finally arrived at 9.08am at Hut 136, unlocked the classic but somewhat rusty and weather beaten padlock, and wrestled the iron bar away from its securing to release the doors… Pulling the left hand … Continue reading →