And Off to Beautiful Canterbury

On Wednesday I finally made my little trip out to Canterbury in the County of Kent

in Southern England. In fact it was a relief to get out of hot and sticky London for a cooler

climate. And my main port of call was to visit the beautiful Westgate Gardens where the

Stour River runs with tourists taking guided punt boat trips up and down while day trippers

look on.

But did I perhaps plan my trip there too early into the Summer as there was no riverside

Summer bedding plants on the river banks. Perhaps the Parks department are running a

bit behind. It was after all an online image of the flowers by the river bank that sold

me the whole idea of visiting Westgate Gardens.

Online image inserted below. The rest of the images are ones I took.

And very visible along the River Stour is the historic Westgate Towers, built in 1308 and is

one of England's longest surviving Medieval Gateways.

I did later venture into the more crowded old town and had a brief look around the front of

the historical Canterbury Cathedral.

And so with much of the Summer ahead it will be tempting to make another visit.

WESTGATE TOWERS

CANTERBURY CATHEDRAL

WESTGATE GARDENS