We started the day in Rochester. We drove about an hour to get there, my brother and his fiancé came with me. They wandered the town while I went to work. They enjoyed the Rochester castle and cathedral.
After work, we drove to the castle in Leeds. That's the one I went to a few months ago, I remembered it bring beautiful and surrounded by a moat.
It was slightly rainy all day, but I thought the castle was even better the second time. The grounds were beautiful and the castle was even more memorable. We noticed a map of Northern Virginia in the castle, which was there because Lord Fairfax lived in this castle and owned that land. That was a really nice tie to back home.
I didn't realize the grounds were so huge the first time I went. This time we wandered over to the gardens and a fantastic hedge maze. At the end of the maze, you walk through an underground grotto which is very cool.
We still had plenty of sunlight, so we drove over to Canterbury. We went straight to the cathedral, which is probably my favorite cathedral in all of the UK. There was a guy singing (professionally) in the basement and the acoustics were amazing. I'm a big fan of the hanging sculpture in the basement too, it's captivating to me. I wish I could explain it in words, you might just have to google it and see if it's out there, sorry.
We had some great fish n chips in town since it was Friday. And we stopped by a place called Tiny Tim's Tearoom for afternoon tea and scones. We absolutely loved that place, I'd drive an hour to go back there, it has great food, ambiance, view of town, selection, service, decor and everything you'd want to experience in a tea room.
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