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crystalcazzieNearly a year ago Paul and I went on a mini holiday to Rye and Hastings. A couple of months ago I realised I hadn't actually posted all my pictures like I thought I had. And today I am finally posting the final part!
Me? A chronic procrastinator? Never!
Sunday: Heading Home via Hever
Sunday morning we left the hotel, which was near the police station, and as we walked down to the car park we passed this area:
Police Vehicles Only. Which explains why it has a TARDIS in it...
All of Time and Space just waiting in the corner of a Rye car park.
We didn't leave immediately though, first looking for a place in Rye to have a coffee. We passed a couple of places that didn't feel right and I'm glad we did, cos we ended up at The Apothecary Coffee House:
I love places that look like this. So much.
After we were fortified with caffeine for the day we headed down to Dungeness.
Heading out to sea.
It was lovely and peaceful there.
Of course one of the main attractions of Dungeness is the Sound Mirrors. You can't actually get up close to them except on special open days, but we walked in their general direction:
That's them. Honest.
One of the things I had looked into doing on this trip but the timings didn't work out was taking a trip on the Romney, Hythe and Dymchurch Railway. So it was a nice treat when we were walking back to the car to see the barriers come down and the train approach:
Choo choo!
From there we ventured upwards to Anne Boleyn's place, Hever Castle.
First we had a look around the gardens:
Nice water feature.
Flowers!
Then onto the castle itself:
Not the biggest castle I've seen, but still pretty cool.
Looks like quite a nice place to live.
Very pretty.
Although this does look more like my grandparents' house than a castle!
I feel like sitting down and getting up from this table would be very difficult.
Potion bottles? Probably.
Getting Downton Abbey vibes from this room. Which makes sense cos the castle was bought by a rich American in 1903 when it was a leaky wreck and he did it up to be somewhere nice to live. Wish I had that kind of money!
Henry VIII's room. Probably. They don't actually know where he stayed but this one looks like the kind of room a king would sleep in.
Not a kingly bedroom, this was made for one of the Astor daughters in 1968. It seems a bit stingy, but apparently it was done after the castle flooded so I suppose I can forgive it!
Arty Photo Attempt!
We then went out into the gardens again and across the little stream:
Home to ducks and geese.
View of the castle from where we sat for lunch. Such a lovely day.
Very picturesque.
Pizza by the castle! Excellent way to end our trip.
I think someone wants to share the pizza...
And that's it! It was a great trip with excellent weather and I'm glad I got to share a place I love as much as Rye with Paul. I'm also glad it didn't take me a whole year to post these pics! (Although going through them makes me want to go back again...)
Me? A chronic procrastinator? Never!
Sunday: Heading Home via Hever
Sunday morning we left the hotel, which was near the police station, and as we walked down to the car park we passed this area:
Police Vehicles Only. Which explains why it has a TARDIS in it...
All of Time and Space just waiting in the corner of a Rye car park.
We didn't leave immediately though, first looking for a place in Rye to have a coffee. We passed a couple of places that didn't feel right and I'm glad we did, cos we ended up at The Apothecary Coffee House:
I love places that look like this. So much.
After we were fortified with caffeine for the day we headed down to Dungeness.
Heading out to sea.
It was lovely and peaceful there.
Of course one of the main attractions of Dungeness is the Sound Mirrors. You can't actually get up close to them except on special open days, but we walked in their general direction:
That's them. Honest.
One of the things I had looked into doing on this trip but the timings didn't work out was taking a trip on the Romney, Hythe and Dymchurch Railway. So it was a nice treat when we were walking back to the car to see the barriers come down and the train approach:
Choo choo!
From there we ventured upwards to Anne Boleyn's place, Hever Castle.
First we had a look around the gardens:
Nice water feature.
Flowers!
Then onto the castle itself:
Not the biggest castle I've seen, but still pretty cool.
Looks like quite a nice place to live.
Very pretty.
Although this does look more like my grandparents' house than a castle!
I feel like sitting down and getting up from this table would be very difficult.
Potion bottles? Probably.
Getting Downton Abbey vibes from this room. Which makes sense cos the castle was bought by a rich American in 1903 when it was a leaky wreck and he did it up to be somewhere nice to live. Wish I had that kind of money!
Henry VIII's room. Probably. They don't actually know where he stayed but this one looks like the kind of room a king would sleep in.
Not a kingly bedroom, this was made for one of the Astor daughters in 1968. It seems a bit stingy, but apparently it was done after the castle flooded so I suppose I can forgive it!
Arty Photo Attempt!
We then went out into the gardens again and across the little stream:
Home to ducks and geese.
View of the castle from where we sat for lunch. Such a lovely day.
Very picturesque.
Pizza by the castle! Excellent way to end our trip.
I think someone wants to share the pizza...
And that's it! It was a great trip with excellent weather and I'm glad I got to share a place I love as much as Rye with Paul. I'm also glad it didn't take me a whole year to post these pics! (Although going through them makes me want to go back again...)
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Date: 2022-09-01 05:41 pm (UTC)And I don't know if you saw, but I did posts about the other days of my trip too. They're under the 'rye and hastings' tag and have more pics of Rye itself!
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Date: 2022-09-01 06:15 pm (UTC)