Rochester-Home of Charles Dickens

Today we walked the paths of the famous writer. Also visited the cathedral, castle, and Guildhall. Shopping antique shops and charity shops for great finds. We also found a great lunch. Pizza express with the "leggaro" menu(it means lighter.). My pizza was 400 cal, my wine 100 cal and dessert was a tiny cup of gelato, probably 1/4 cup. Here is a photo of the pizza. They cut out the center and put a salad in the middle.


So clever and delicious.

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Challenges and rewards of living in the UK

The English certainly know about treats. Luckily you walk everywhere or bike so are burning calories. We have been clicking off the miles again today.


- some of the things we saw in shop windows


This sort of goes together.


This was a fabulous garden on an estate that we visited. I wanted to be left there an picked up on the return.




Statue in garden


A car I'd like to bring home




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More photos

Additional photos from trip


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Henry VIII gun & Heather


Monument at Dover similar to Viet Nam memorial just smaller








Mailing a postcard home......




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Update from Dover

I have my pedometer on and we are logging lots of miles. Today we visited the cliffs of Dover and the castle. What a remarkable history the castle and it's tunnels have. The castle was used in the battle of Dunkirk. Military operations were set up in the medieval tunnels that go out to the cliffs. You can see France from the castle. It also had a hospital set up in the miles of tunnels. Fabulous and very exciting day.


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