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Seeing as Scott had no cricket and Jason was staying with us, we decided to head out to Rochester for the day. We had attempted to visit Rochester Castle last Easter when we were tikitouring the South East of England in a rental car. On the way we followed a sign towards a castle but we ended up at little fort called Upnor. However, driving off from Upnor we drove through Rochester, just down the road, but didn't have time to stop as we were going to Dover and then on down to Brighton.
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The specs at the top of the photo are the bodies of dead pigeons :)
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These kids had just found the dead birds (we could tell they had just found them by their squeals of delight!)
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When we arrived at Rochester we found a charity concert and games going on in the grounds. The castle itself has quite an interesting history. It was built on top of the original Roman walls (Watling St is just down the road) by William of Normandy's people. Over time, the castle has suffered several sieges. Probably the most "bloodless" was that of the Peasants Revolt when, in 1381, Wat Tylor and his rebels captured the castle after the warden threw the gates open without a fight. |
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In the Castle's shadow. |
Part of the games that were going on in the grounds of the castle. |
An old Russian sub, no idea what its doing in the Medway though? |
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