Had a brilliant breakfast at our B &B with homemade jams to die for. Margaret and Dad FaceTimed us as we drove along. We pulled over at a church that had an alpha sign out the front. It was called St Mary Bredin church. The service was a real blessing and the sermon was challenging. We left feeling encouraged.
It was a mad dash then to Canterbury Cathedral as we had a lot to do today to get to Dover in time before the castle closes.The cathedral was magnificent. It was not as attractive as many of the other cathedrals but so much of it was in the original state. Founded in 597, the cathedral was completely rebuilt from 1070 to 1077. The east end was greatly enlarged at the beginning of the twelfth century, and largely rebuilt in the Gothic style following a fire in 1174, with significant eastward extensions to accommodate the flow of pilgrims visiting the shrine of Thomas Becket, the archbishop who was murdered in the cathedral in 1170. It had an extensive crypt open to the public which was just beautiful.
Amazing ceilings
This is where Thomas Beckett was murdered
Then it was onto Deal to see the house Geoff spent his first few years in. We walked to the park to where his Mum took him and then down to the waterfront in the town centre.
Another dash - this time to Dover castle. It is so different to the last time we were here. Then it was just a shell of a castle and now the keep has been set up as close as possible to what they think it would have been like. It helped us to get a very different understanding of what many of the castle would have been like, rather than the drab stones we have been seeing. The walls were plastered white and there were brightly patterned tapestries on the walls and colour everywhere.
We also went on a tour of the tunnels under the castle. These were constructed in the Napoleonic wars as barracks. These were used in WWII as secret tunnels and the evacuation of Dunkirk was run from here. They had a great presentation on Dunkirk.
Busy day over after Indian tea
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