Well this weekend we headed to Dover to check out the famous cliffs, castle and ariel battlefiled. Well I now know the cliffs are white cause they are frozen!
On the way to Dover we stopped at Canterbury to see the famous Cathedral and town center. we loved the typical random street directions and sizes, it seems that there is little sense to how old British towns are structured. We found a cute little pub called the hobgoblin (I took a photo for you Jordy)
We walked along the river at Sandwich the most complete medieval town in Britain. It was really cute and the way the buildings all seemed to lean into the street was amazing. We did get lost and couldn't find the car but eventually we found Harry hanging out with the rest of the boats.
We toured around some more little towns and eventually decided to tackle teh cliff top walk in the wind and cold. Fee was wandering along the cliff tops way to close to the edge despite my protests and despite being unco. At one stage she stuck the heal of her shoe in the hem of her pants and nearly went over. Didn't stop her being naughty. (we later found out that you are supposed to stay 5 meters away from the edge all the time)
The Castle was grand. Standing on the castle walls you could really see all the way to France. I expected it to be a blured blob on the horizon but even on the not so clear day we had you could make out buildings on the french shore. Amazing and reminds me how big Australia is. Dover I think for me is my favourite castle so far, we were able to tour the underground WWII headquaters which was really interesting but a bit let down by the guide. Believe it or not the best part of the whole castle was a unique backless crossbow tower. It was facinating. It started to snow quite heavily while we were there so we started the trip home.
Our funny moment of the weekend, as we walked down a muddy track on top of the cliffs, in the howling Siberian winds sweeping accross us, we met charming couple coming the other way. The Girl was wearing (yes it is fashion humour) a lepoard skin fur coat, mini skirt, sheer black tight and night club trit trot shoes.......we had to laugh.
On the way to Dover we stopped at Canterbury to see the famous Cathedral and town center. we loved the typical random street directions and sizes, it seems that there is little sense to how old British towns are structured. We found a cute little pub called the hobgoblin (I took a photo for you Jordy)
We walked along the river at Sandwich the most complete medieval town in Britain. It was really cute and the way the buildings all seemed to lean into the street was amazing. We did get lost and couldn't find the car but eventually we found Harry hanging out with the rest of the boats.
We toured around some more little towns and eventually decided to tackle teh cliff top walk in the wind and cold. Fee was wandering along the cliff tops way to close to the edge despite my protests and despite being unco. At one stage she stuck the heal of her shoe in the hem of her pants and nearly went over. Didn't stop her being naughty. (we later found out that you are supposed to stay 5 meters away from the edge all the time)
The Castle was grand. Standing on the castle walls you could really see all the way to France. I expected it to be a blured blob on the horizon but even on the not so clear day we had you could make out buildings on the french shore. Amazing and reminds me how big Australia is. Dover I think for me is my favourite castle so far, we were able to tour the underground WWII headquaters which was really interesting but a bit let down by the guide. Believe it or not the best part of the whole castle was a unique backless crossbow tower. It was facinating. It started to snow quite heavily while we were there so we started the trip home.Our funny moment of the weekend, as we walked down a muddy track on top of the cliffs, in the howling Siberian winds sweeping accross us, we met charming couple coming the other way. The Girl was wearing (yes it is fashion humour) a lepoard skin fur coat, mini skirt, sheer black tight and night club trit trot shoes.......we had to laugh.
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