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Published: April 17th 2010
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Tuesday 30.3.2010 day 167
A day exploring Kent
Today we were going to go to London but it was cold, windy and raining so we drove to the Cliffs of Dover. The view was not so good as it was very cloudy but the white cliffs look fantastic. I picked up some of the white chalk and used it to draw and it worked very well I took it with me. On the path up to the lookout there was some horses so I went over and patted one of them as I looked away he gave me a genital bite on the arm for not feeding him but the sign on the path clearly stated that we were not allowed to the horses, I do not think this horse though that was fair. Dover Castle is right on the cliffs with fantastic views. Dover Castle was built for King Henry the II to welcome his friends form the contentment. It still overlooks the ferry terminal today. Vice Admiral Ramsay and Sir Winston Churchill planned the evacuation of Dunkirk in the Castle. I had seen a program on the Castle and how it was being restored but did not go inside
today. We then drove on to Canterbury to see the Canterbury Cathedral. The cathedral was founded in 597 AD and is the Mother Church of the Anglican Communion. It has some of the oldest stain glass windows in England. In 1170 Thomas Becket was murder in the Cathedral. The Cathedral attracts thousands of visitors each year. There is a wall around it and very little traffic is allowed in the wall and there is not a lot of parking nearby we went into the wall for a better look but you cannot see a lot close up we had better view of the Cathedral from outside of the walls as it is so big. As we could not get a park close by and it was a cold wet day we decide not to go in to the Cathedral although I have seen lots of photos of the inside of it. We then drove on Leeds to see the Leeds Castle. Leeds Castle has 500 acres of parkland and woodlands. The Castle is more than 900 years old the site was originally a Saxon manor then a Norman strong hold and a favourite palace of Henry VIII. It has a
massive Aviary of exotic birds built for the last owner. Instead of paying to go in to the castle we walked around the side along a public path and found that it went in to the castle grounds so went in to the ground and looked around for a few hours until it started to rain then we ran back to the car. We then drove to Royal Tunbridge Wells. King Edward VII granted the town its ‘Royal’ prefix in 1909. The original chalybeate spring still flows found in 1606 by lord north still flows and you can still drink the water. By this time we were very wet and cold so got some hot dinner and drove home. I had a hot chocolate and dinner in the bath it was soo good. We were to go out to a race night out our resort but my friend was feeling sick so we stayed in.
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