My oldest friend

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I have known my oldest friend, Beth, since we were born, as our mothers were in the maternity hospital together. We went to the same primary school, but since we grew older, we have always lived at opposite ends of the country which makes visiting harder. Enter "the Old Ladies railcard" which makes it all possible with little effort. So I went on the train to Kent for a few days and walked along the White cliffs of Dover, strolled through a beautiful bluebell wood and had a look at the town of Hythe. Plenty of chatting and eating, and a good time was had by all.

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Photos

Beth and Ken
walking the white cliffs

during the war
there were lots of gun batteries along here, and we went to see inside one. Only 125 steps down!

the sound mirror
these were placed along the cliffs and they could hear planes taking off in Germany.

caching east of Greenwich
what a treat!

followed by a cream tea
with some friends

the military canal
built to stop Napoleon invading

a dredger
found a bike, but no French soldiers!

narrow gauge railway
just like home!

the navvies
who built the canal

Comments

[Robyn]

exciting
to do something different! how many times did you have to change on the train?? I can't believe you still keep in touch after all those years!!