My travel journal fell woefully behind, and despite my best intentions, I did not manage to complete the tale before our return to Australia. Bill and I have been home for a week now, and I am determined to catch up! So today's story is about Margate, a seaside town in the Thanet coastal area of … Continue reading Investigating Margate
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Ickham – An English Country Village
We have come to stop a couple nights with two of the English "family" at their house in the Kent countryside at Ickham. It is a small village five miles east of Canterbury, with a few roads, two pubs, a church, and many old and well preserved houses. It is surrounded by farmland. At the time … Continue reading Ickham – An English Country Village
Dover Castle: Secret Wartime Tunnels
The tourist brochure says that "Henry II built the present castle of Dover in the 1180s, and that over the next 800 years its buildings and defences were adapted to meet the changing demands of weapons and warfare". Continuing on from yesterday's visit to the Hurricane and Spitfire museum, we have come to Dover Castle … Continue reading Dover Castle: Secret Wartime Tunnels
The Reluctant Retiree 