During our visit to Kent, we had a day visit into Canterbury, where neither of us had ever visited, and were totally enchanted.
The city is full of interesting old buildings and castles, and of course the cathedral.
We started off near the castle, which is now a ruin.
and then walked past the Anglo-Saxon stone St Mildred’s Church
and on into the city centre.
Everywhere you look there are lovely buildings, sometimes marred by the modern signs that are hard to avoid.
We had lunch in wonderful Alice and the Hatter cafe, where even the plates had an Alice in Wonderland theme, and you could have you Un-birthday party here.
There were towers and arches all around.
and old churches and official buildings galore
This window display caught my eye
and after we had found a wonderful board game shop in the King’s Mile, we saw this incredible wonky bookshop (shame about all of the notices in the windows).
We decided not to enter the cathedral, but were disappointed that you couldn’t even enter the grounds, or barely see the Cathedral without paying a rather high fee, so my only photos are taken from a distance, and carefully taken to avoid the scaffolding everywhere.
We carried on walking where our feet took us and came to the river, and a serene walk along it through a park.
In the park was the tree with the widest girth I have ever seen, and a cute little cottage
and I will finish off with some more lovely buildings, a couple of huge lanterns, and an old sign about a bridge.
If you are ever down in Kent, make the time to visit Canterbury, you wont regret it.
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