The Pharos, the bottom 4 parts were used as a roman lighthouse, but the top part was used as a bell tower for the adjioning saxon church
The Keep
The gatehouse approaching the keep, offset so as to help to defend any attack.
A view over towards the port.
I love how they used a simple windscreen wiper to be able to see in bad wether, this building was used as lookout post for enemy planes and ships during the first and second world wars.
So off to Dover we went on Fri afternoon, a long a tiring drive through through rush hour traffic left me and Hannah glad wed booked for 2 nights instead of
one, and we had a nice early night ready for a busy day on Saturday.Id already been to Dover castle many years ago with school when I was 11.....so nearly 20 years ago, and had always wanted to go back, and for Hannah too there was a reason to go there as here Grandad had been based there when he served in the army.
So up we got nice and early on the Saturday morning and made our way over to Dover castle, sadly the Keep was being refitted but theres so much to see there we really didn't notice, as we spent a good 4 hours walking around the outside.
as ever with my posts here's a link to the English heritage website with a link to Dover castles page.
http://www.english-heritage.org.uk/server/show/nav.14571
2 comments:
So, doing the math, you guys are, what?, about 30? (Us too!) :) As always, stunning photos, but I'm wondering (and the website will tell me, I'm sure, once I take the time to check...) have they filmed any (or a number of) movies there? I've never been across the pond, as it were, but some of those sights sure look familiar...
Oh, happy (belated) anniversary, you two!
Thanks as always. Yup, Im 30, Si is 31. Finally found each other :-)Feels longer but in a nice way!
Not keen to get older (who is!) but reaching 30 has been interesting.
As for the Castle, it was in The Other Boleyn Girl, a few other films and tv shows and the american 'Treasure Hunters' but not sure what else. I know what you mean - it has a familiar look to it. I loved it and it was great to go to where my grandad spent some of his army days. Quite moving.
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