Part 1 - Canterbury

When school goes back in September The Buchans go caravanning. The first caravan site was a mile away from Canterbury. It is a lovely site, but it is used by many people in transit to the continent.


Here you can see Canterbury Cathedral, we spent about 2 hours visiting the inside and the outside. As you can see it was a lovely day for the visit.

Canterbury Cathedral is one of the oldest Christian churches in England and it continues to play an important role in English Christianity.
Dating from 597 AD, Canterbury Cathedral still functions as the cathedral of the Archbishop of Canterbury, who is the Primate of All England and leader of the worldwide Anglican Communion. Canterbury is also a major pilgrimage destination due to the martyrdom of St. Thomas Becket in 1170.



Stain glass window in the cathedral.



Canterbury still has considerable town walls, this is the West Gate through which traffic still passes (with difficulty). The River Stour is in the foreground.


By the River Stour.




Sue in the castle.


Canterbury and the area around has lots of geocaches. This was an interesting area close to what was a Second World War II airfield. It was thought that these blocks had something to do with the airfield.



This is classed as the Smallest Fully Functional Cache in the World. It has a log book and pencil inside. I didn't open it up as I didn't want the embarrassment of not being able to put it back together again.