November Holiday

Thursday 12th November

Off to Canterbury, first stop Chislehurst caves.

Chislehurst Caves are fantastic – 22 mile labyrinth carved out of the chalk. Used as an ammunition store in WW1 and an air raid shelter for ~15,000 people in WWII.

Join a guided tour complete with paraffin lanterns. How he knew where he was going we’ll never know.

In the sixties they were used as a concert venue with Jimi Hendrix and David Bowie both playing there.

From the caves we head on to Canterbury and arrive mid afternoon and decide to have a relaxing few hours in Hymie reading the paper.

Pretty dismal grey afternoon and the wind is picking up.

Catch the bus in to Canterbury just before five and wander through the streets heading for the tapas restaurant only to find out that it has closed and been replaced by an English restaurant. What to do we had both been looking forward to this all week. End up going in a Strada – an Italian chain and have a really nice meal despite the matter of a slight disagreement towards the end but ignoring that food was pretty good especially the olives.

Return to the campsite and it really is starting to get windy.

Have a cuddle and watch ‘Get Smart’ but the wind has really picked up and we could be in danger of the van being blown over.

End up having a very disturbed night once the wind died down the rains started so we end up getting very little sleep.

Next day break camp at 07:30 and head home arriving around midday and spend the rest of the day purchasing doggy accoutrements – wellies, toys, beds etc. Wouldn’t have been a very nice day had we stayed in Canterbury.

End of our week off – it’s been an unusual week having had a few technical difficulties but also had some fun outings. Really enjoyed Cambridge, Ely cathedral, St Paul’s and meal at Strada.