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South of England Blog August 5th and 6th, 2015
August 06, 2015 at 7:56 PM
Wed Aug 5th & Thur Aug 6th:
Hastings, Rye, Romeny Marsh, Dover, Canterbury & Deal
Tonights blog is for the last two days August 5th and 6th, 2015. It was a very late night on the 5th and an early morning or the 6th so sleep was required. So here we go.
The last two days have been beautiful weather and given us great opportunity to enjoy many beautiful locations that this part of England has to offer. When we left Brighton we traveled along the coast to Hastings, too the incline railway to a city look out, then carried on to the beautiful town of Rye. Later in the afternoon and a few country roads in Romney March we had a photo shoot at the remote marsh church called Fairfield. The unique thing about this little church is that it is located on Marsh land with little streams in the middle of a sheep feed. Great fun and nice backdrop for photographs.
We then carried on to Canterbury, for the next two nights. Today we were up early in order to visit Canterbury Cathedral, amazing experience and again it made for some beautiful photos. After lunch we drove back to the coast and the port of Dover to hike out to photograph the White Cliffs. Then wrapped up our day in the small picturesque village of Deal. Enjoy the last two days selection of images.
The incline railway in Hastings
The view of Hastings from the look-out
Nothing like an Ice Cream before you go back down the hill, Andrew
The cobblestone streets of Rye
Another beautiful street in Rye
Gail poising by Lamb Cottage, each house had a name
The little book store and it was little ... only full of short stories!!!
David our coach driver joining the group, thanks for all your help and hard work David
Heading back down into the town centre Rye
Fairfield Church in Romney Marsh
This was located on a tight county road, very tight when you see the combine passing our motor coach
This guys was a little sheepish but finally posed for me ...
Another view of the church
Check out the size of the key that opens the door to the church
Inside the church, very interesting as each pew is allocated for a family and has a door
The church with reflections from the marsh
Some of our group of photographers stopping to pose for a photo
On our way to Canterbury we stopped at the Battle of Britain war memorial this is the view looking out towards France
This is the new memorial for the Battle of Britain just opened this year
Looking from the back of the memorial out to sea, straight ahead is the English Channel
Now Thursday morning and our first stop the Canterbury Cathederal
This is the view as you step inside
Ruth and Jette stopping for a photo
The main alter, this is a beautiful church
Jette checking out the old Bible located near the alter
All the arch bishops are entombed around the Cathederal
King Henry IV and his Queen’s tomb the only King and Queen burred on the site,behind them is the Black Prince
This is the candle of Remembrance which burns 24 hours a day
Each day at 11:00 a.m. they hold a service in the chapel of Remembrance and a soldier turns the page of the book of remembrance.
This is the cloisters
This little guy was having fun dancing to street music outside the cathedral
More street music
This is the ferry port at Dover ... a very busy harbour
Look at all the trucks lined up to go on the next ferry
P&O ferry heading out for France
On to the White Cliffs, we had to cross through a horse pasture, nice of these guys to pose
The trail out to the cliffs
As we carried on up the trail you can see Dover Castle in the background
The reward a beautiful view of the white cliffs and the coastline
Another view, as you can see the trail goes on for miles
Dan taking a few shots over the edge
Then our final stop today the village of Deal, this boy was quite good
Deal is a quaint and picturesque village
Some of the fishing boats along the shore
And last but not least today, our own Captain Ron!!
That's it for this evening. Tomorrow we depart for Greenwich the on to London for the next three days. Good night from all of the Trekkers from Canterbury, England.