Canterbury; Sunday, 13 April, 2014

After breakfast I headed round the corner from the hotel to the ruins of St Augustine’s abbey, the first Christian site built in England since the fall of the Roman Empire, and arguably the seed from which the Church of England and the entire Anglican communion grew from.

From the Abbey I wandered over to have a look around the city walls, including visiting the Simmons monument and the remains of the city’s castle.

After a brief stop for lunch I hit the museums visiting the Roman museum, Beaney museum and gallery, Canterbury Tales and Canterbury Heritage museum in quick succession.

Knackered and suffering from a serious case of museum feet I brought myself 40 minutes of relaxation by taking one of the row boat tours of the Stour.

After the tour I had a bit more of a wander round the city centre before heading back to the hotel just before the sun started to set to grab dinner and an early night.

Weather

Sunny Sunny
AM PM
Hot (20-30C, 68-86F)
22ºC/72ºF