Monday 24th January 2011

Good morning:

and for those of us not actually working this week, it IS a good week.

So, the weather forecast was grim; grey and drizzly. And so after a lay-in, we decide to head to Dover castle, as there is lots to do inside and plenty of history stuff with fine views over the town and Channel; or would be if it wasn't so misty.



So, we head to the castle, it's just five minutes from here. We pay our entrance fee and head down to the viewing platform as it is the way to the well signposted secret wartime tunnels.



After surveying the view of the channel into the greyness where France lay.we head down to the entrance to the hospital for the start of the tour.

As for the tour, there is not much to tell; most are closed until the late spring for improvements, and so we walked around the hospital listening to stories and recordings of what life may have been like during the war.



And then back into the daylight and a stiff climb up the main keep. This is where it has been recreated how it may have looked during the reign of Henry II, throne, wall hangings and so on. It is very good indeed. I snap away at some of the decorations as I had already snapped most of the rooms.

and we head up the spiral staircase to the roof, for higher views over Dover and the Channel. Once the breeze had cleared our heads again, we head back down the castle to the NAAFI restaurant for a bite to eat. We were fleeced as seems usual in places such as these, but with the added bonus of unbelievably slow service; so slow that if you had selected one of the hot choices, it would have been stone cold by the time you got through the cashier and sat at your table.



We had a quick look in the castle, St Mary-sub-Castro, before heading back home for coffee and to watch A Company of Wolves which I remember from the 80s as being really good, but to my modern eyes was a mess and full of clumsy metaphors.

After a prawn stir-fry, Sami and I sat down to watch the NFL and eat Tunnocks tea cakes.

YAY.