Day 18 - Oxford to Dover

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Very eventful day today! We woke up early in Oxford and headed out for a wander through the Covered Market at 8:00. It’s a lot like Granville Island or Pike place - but likely older. We had a nice breakfast without any baked beans.

From there we made our way over to Oxford Castle. We didn’t go in (because we didn’t think to book tickets in advance) but got to tour the grounds. It was mostly used as a prison from sometime in the 1600’s to the 1980’s. Now the cells have been converted to a luxury hotel.

From there, we went back to Christ Church College where we did do the self-guided walking tour. The highlight was the dining hall which not only has been used for the same purpose for more than 500 years but was also the inspiration for the dining hall in the Harry Potter movies.

We raced back to our AirBnB to checkout for 11:00 and then got in the car again.

From there we went to lovely South Croyden where Hannah and Felix gave us a tour of their flat. Very adult. :-). They ordered in pizza and we had a nice lunch of pizza at their place.

From there we headed off to Canterbury where we made it just in time to do the self-guided tour of the cathedral. It was remarkable both in structure and when you think about it being the seat of the Anglican Church for 900 years. Don lit a candle in remembrance of each of our dads.

After the cathedral, we set out to look for a pub that Felix recommended - The Pound. It was a former jail right inside the gate to the city. We had a wick ping and got back on the road for our final destination of the day -Dover.

We arrived at our guest house about 6:00 and were given a thorough introduction to the guest house and city. We took the recommendation for dinner down the street where I had Dover sole (of course!) and Don had lamb (again, of course!).

Another 10.9 km of walking logged today in addition to all of the driving.

Tomorrow we have a full day of exploring planned before we head back to London the day after.

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