Chatham; Saturday, 12 September, 2015

A very filling breakfast completed I headed out of the hotel to have a bit more of a wander around the marina area before picking up the open-top bus tour that picked up from the nearby retail park.

I did a full circuit of the tour route coming back to the marina an hour later. I walked round the corner to Dickens world and booked onto the next tour, which was due to start a short while later.

After the tour I stopped for a bite to eat before heading back over to the bus tour stop and heading on into Rochester to have a look around what was once England’s smallest city, before the local council forgot to get the charter renewed and it reverted to just being a town.

I had a look around the Cathedral before wandering over to the impressive ruins of the Norman Castle, climbing to the top of the keep for some stunning views along the Medway.

Back at ground level I picked up the tour bus to do one more full of the circuit to take photos. Returning to Rochester I headed to a café for a late afternoon coffee. I then headed back to the hotel to freshen up.

With the sun starting to set I headed back in Rochester to take some photos of the castle and cathedral at night, and I wasn’t to be disappointed with the castle floodlit in a particularly interesting way, with red floodlights inside making it look even creepier that it does in the daylight.

Having taken quite a few photos I stopped for dinner in a very nice Indian restaurant just by the river before catching the bus back into Chatham and then down to the hotel and turning in for the night.