So the time has come for me to move on
and start my round the country journey but I cannot leave without
saying how nice it has been to connect with Anne after 50 years, she
is very lovely and has treated me so well....I had Little Bluey Tres
which I shall now refer to her as LBT, all packed up last night and
by 9.30am I was on the road.....
My GPS works great and it was mainly
Motorway driving which you have to be constantly aware of what is
around you to my first stop of the day which was Canterbury
Cathedral...this reverent place is steeped in history and I think the
best thing for you to do is to Google the Cathedral and read all
about it's history!!
A very busy place and the admission was
steep at 16 pounds about 32 dollars, after listening to Janet over
the weekend I have slightly altered my views about it not being right
to charge to get into a place of worship.
...I really enjoyed this
magnificent building and marvel at it's age..
On the walk back to town went through a small outdoor market and could not stop here with out buying two baskets!!
My nest stop was at the town of
Margate. My friend Larry sent me an e mail last year informing me
about this place in Margate that has a shell grotto...I saved the e
mail and went there this morning
Never quite seen anything like it...the
cave was not huge but all those shells and so amazing that no one knows the meaning... how delightful and strange.....
I had lunch on the road, thank you
Anne, and finally came to Dover where I am staying the night but
first I wanted to visit..
Again best to Google because this place
has so much history attached to it far too much for me to remember and write about!!!
You do a self tour which was really
interesting the site is enormous and then I opted for a guided tour
of the Underground tunnels and the hospital
We were not allowed to take photos but
you can read about it when you go on the web.....I was astonished to
hear that there were over 4 miles of tunnels underneath the castle
The views were great of the busy sea
port where you can take a ferry to France and then the famous and
iconic White cliffs of Dover!!!
I had done my tours for the day and my
air bnb was only a few minutes away
The outside of the cottage, with LBT
and the white cliffs
.
I have a nice room
with a balcony and table and chairs
with the white cliffs above, how cool!!!
My hostess Karen is very nice and just
told me to make myself at home and she was sorry her Internet had
gone down this morning but there is a pub three doors down where I
think I can send this from
My first day was great full of good old
English history and I think you know I enjoy being by the
ocean.....and the weather is supposed to improve tomorrow...the car
is easy and a pleasure to drive and it will just take me a couple of
days to get things organised in the car for my journey with stopping
most nights or every other night.
Hope you enjoyed your first English
tour!!!
Yashi Kochi!!
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