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There's No Place Like Home
... like it's been a month. We had a bit of a freak out when we were landing, and decided to distract oursleves by listing the numbers of planes, coaches and boats we've been on! However, we now both back home and enjoying all the festivities. It's great to be back, even if it is freezing!! We've had an incredible year that neither of us will ever forget, a massive thank you to everyone that we've met, and to everyone back at home, we've had the time of our lives.
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Chapter Five - Dover Castle
... century. One can only imagine how dank and dark this place was before central heating and electric lighting. On the lower floor is the vast kitchen. Upper floors contain the living and sleeping quarters.The steep stone steps are ******* Margarita, who wonders why English Heritage didn’t spend a few more pounds to install an elevator ...
Chapter Four - Sandwich and the coast
... project obviously planned as luxury seaside condominiums, but now just a vacant lot surrounded by wooden barriers, poignantly covered with paintings depicting better times.
We continue on by way of Broadstairs and Margate, scene of Mods and Rockers street fights in the 60s. Neither town attracts our interest, and we are back in Lenham ...
Chapter Three - Canterbury Cathedral
... service, for free.
We find seats in the beautiful quire just past the nave, facing the choir. The experience brings me back to my youth in Droxford when I went to Sunday morning services every week with my mother. After such a long time, I actually remember many of the prayers and responses, even though I am no longer a believer. The choir is absolutely divine, singing several ...
Chapter Two. Lenham
The village of Lenham, with a population of about 2,200, is a self-sufficient entity. So many similar places today have become merely dormitories for nearby larger towns but not so Lenham which has its own identity. There are three thriving pubs, a butcher, baker (no candlestick-maker any more), grocer, florist, pharmacy, antique store, ...