Morning Readers!! We’ve been in Kent since Tuesday in search of Castles! On the list was:- We’ve been staying at Channel View Apartments in Deal and checked out after breakfast today. It hasn’t been the best of accommodation, but it’s put us in the right location for what we had planned. Parking has been challenging …
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The Kent Castles Caper! – Day 3
Welcome to Day 3, loyal readers! It’s our last full day here in Deal staying at Channel View Apartments where it’s been the perfect location for our ‘Castles Caper’ (even if the parking has been ‘challenging’!). On our Castle Capers list is:- With Deal Castle and Walmer Castle conquered yesterday, guess where we went today?😎 …
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The Kent Castles Caper! – Day 2
Morning all! Here we are in Deal, Kent. We arrived yesterday to a scorching hot day – and impossible parking (more about that in a while!). We’re taking a short break with our cultural heads on – in search of Castles! On the list during our stay is:- Yes, we plan to give those English …
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The Kent Castles Caper! – Day 1
We’re off to Kent for a week – in search of Castles! On the list is:- Yes, we plan to melt those English Heritage Cards before the week is out! 😎 We’re staying and self-catering at Channel View Apartments in Deal until Thursday… …and then, later in the week, we’re heading for Maidstone and booking-into …
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The Palace and the Pub
Off to visit Apethorpe Palace today with Chris and Gill! The Palace We last visited here back in August 2011 with Nicki, when it was known simply as Apethorpe Hall. Since that time, it’s been sold-off by English Heritage (December 2014) to one Baron von Pfetten, a French anglophile. English Heritage are still responsible for …
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Bolsover Castle with Dennis & Sandra
We headed for Bolsover Castle today to meet up with our friends: Dennis and Sandra. We haven’t seen them since we all visited Belton House back in May, and it was good to catch-up. 9.20am: ETA was 11am, so we left just before 9.30 and had a trouble-free journey there (although the traffic on the …
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