Tuesday 13th August
This is the view that we enjoyed while eating our picnic lunch at Dover Castle.
 http://www.english-heritage.org.uk/daysout/properties/dover-castle/

On the site is the Saxon church of St Mary-in-Castro which was first built c.1000.

The interior walls of the church were restored in the late nineteenth century by Charles Gilbert Scott and are beautifully decorated with mosaic tiles.

Right next to the church is the Roman pharos (lighthouse) which was once used as a bell tower for the church.

The actual castle was built by Henry II although it has been modified over the years and it is much more extensive than we expected.

The Great Tower is on several levels with room recreations and live interpretation.

We climbed the spiral staircase to the top of the tower and were rewarded with this view of Dover.

Some of the rooms on different levels have been furnished to show what they would have been like in the Middle Ages. This is a recreation of the king's bed-chamber.

Later in the afternoon we drove to the National Trust area of the White Cliffs and hiked a very windy path to get this view.