This morning we woke up around 4:30am local time – not bad really, considering this is 11:30am Hong Kong time (or 1:30pm Melbourne time). After our cooked English Breakfast, it was off to Canterbury to see the Cathedral. The Cathedral is certainly impressive. The complex includes a number of old buildings, as well as the Cathedral and a recently built education centre for visiting scholars and clergy. Its pretty amazing to see the site Thomas Beckett was murdered, and where he is enshrined, as well as the many chapels dedicated to various saints and Royals.
Following this (which took the whole morning!) it was a quick lunch, and off to Leeds Castle for the afternoon. Leeds Castle is definitely worth the visit. The extensive gardens, aviary, and, of course, the castle itself takes hours to wander through. Incredible that it was occupied till the 1970’s and since then it has been used for weddings, conferences and seminars.
We had decided it was better to see the countryside by using roads other than the motorways. Little did we know that this would mean driving down roads that were just wide enough to fit our car, let alone pass other cars! This was very evident when, driving around a corner, we met a truck. Having to reverse back around a corner, completely blind to anything coming up behind us was an interesting experience! Half way around the corner, another car did appear behind, but luckily there was a driveway, so the truck could get around both of us and we were soon all on our way again – Phew!We wont be doing that again!
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Interesting you say about the narrow roads - you are sure right about how wide they are.....I was on my scooter when a car came along - I just kept going and so did they and we just managed to squeeze past each other. It turned out to be the sister of my pen friend because when I reached my destination they were telling me about this crazy rider they met who didn't stop. They insisted it wasn't me as the cyclist my heading away from where we were - but it sure was the biggest coincidence in the world if it wasn't and there were plenty of times I didn't know where I was heading....can't see much either as the hedges are so high.
Barb
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