Visiting friends in Kent this weekend and popped into Canterbury for the day on Saturday. We'd never been before so we took the opportunity to visit the Cathedral, the picture above shows the shrine to martyred Thomas Beckett who famously fell out with Henry II in a squabble over power and was murdered by four of the King's knights on this spot in 1170. It's a lovely old building and we enjoyed soaking up the history as we sheltered from the rain falling outside.
When we got back to Deal (where we were staying) from Canterbury the Sun had come out and we took a stroll along the beach front. Above you can see Deal castle, built by Henry VIII in 1540 in order to protect from invasion from France, it never saw action.
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