East to West

It's been another busy week, so I'll just go chronologically, beginning with this photo of Nick operating a cannon in the Medieval Tunnels at Dover Castle on Monday. The weather was CRAZY that morning--lots of wind and rain.

Later that day we went to Walmer Castle, and the weather wasn't crazy anymore, but we did have to evacuate the castle and wait for the Deal Fire Department to let us back in!

Tuesday we went to an old mansion house, Kirby Hall. It's partially roofless, but it was beautiful. We especially loved all the peacocks wandering around.
Wednesday we went to Stonehenge, then to Stockton (where our ancestor was a vicar in the church there in the 1500s), then to Bath. It rained heavily all day Wednesday; we got soaking wet early and didn't get dry until we got home at 10:30 PM! This is the heel stone at Stonehenge. I think it looks like a thumb. (Notice my umbrella going crazy.)

Here Nick is standing in the Bath Abbey--amazing ceiling! We've alreay mentioned Audley End house a few times on the blog, but Nick and I went there Friday. It was beautiful! Saturday we went back to London and visited many cool sites, including the grave of Karl Marx. We also visited the British Museum and saw the Rosetta Stone and other great art and artifacts.