Results tagged “Beaches” from UK and Japan 2010
Fairly standard night and breakfast. Still think it's probably the best hotel we've had so far this trip.
I went for a walk down to the beach while Stu was getting ready. Not a terribly nice beach, and separated every twenty metres or so with walls to stop erosion. Walked west to get a better look at the circus tent looking thing. Didn't find out what it was until I looked it up just then - it's a Butlins Holiday Park.
Beach at Bognor Regis
Bathing Boxes at Bognor Regis
Bathing Boxes at Bognor Regis
Grand Hotel, Brighton
Brighton Pier
West Pier at Brighton, finally destroyed by fire in 2003
Brighton Pier
Brighton Pier
Royal Pavilion, Brighton
Royal Pavilion, Brighton
Brighton Clock Tower
Seven Sisters at Beachy Head
Seven Sisters at Beachy Head
Getting stuck behind flocks of sheep is a minor hazard travelling in England
Long Man of Wilmington
Drove drove drove. Stopped at a Scottish Restaurant for lunch.
Saw France on the way into Dover :)
And finally made it to Dover Castle just after 4pm. The place closes at 6pm. And it was raining. Have I mentioned how much it rains here? Decided to go in anyway. £13.90 each. We definitely should have gotten English Heritage membership :/ They asked us if we wanted to go on the 5pm secret war tunnels tour and we said yes. But that was way at the bottom of the castle, and the tower etc were way up the top. Which meant we had a grand total of half an hour to explore the castle :(:(:( Which was a shame because it was a very cool castle to explore. Rather than directing you in one way and out another, you can go in and just explore little nooks and crannies and rooms and stairways and corridors. It was a lot of fun, but we just didn't have the time to do it justice :( In fact I actually managed to lose the sweetie which was quite stressful because we had to get down to the tunnels.
Dover Castle
Dover Castle
Entrance gate at Dover Castle
Dover Castle
Dover Castle
Interior of Dover Castle
Interior of Dover Castle
Corridor in Dover Castle
View of Dover from the top of the castle
Top of Dover Castle
Top of Dover Castle
English Channel from Dover Castle
Dover Castle
Dover from Dover Castle
St Mary in the Castle church
Dover Castle
Interior of Dover Castle
Dover Castle
Entrance to the tunnels
So left when the tour was done and headed for the hotel.
Stopped at the Battle of Britain Memorial. It was raining. A lot. And windy. Which was bad for my camera but in one way it was good because there was noone else there. Had the place to myself. Managed a couple of photos, with and without rain on the lens.
Battle of Britain Memorial
Battle of Britain Memorial
Battle of Britain Memorial
Supermarine Spitfire Mark I replica at the Battle of Britain Memorial
Battle of Britain Memorial sign
Got to the hotel. Internet access is a pain cause you really need a wifi username and password for each device. And the fire alarm has gone off for ten seconds tonight. Yay. But the nicest thing about this hotel is its location, with an outlook to the English Channel. Can see France! :) The moon over the water was amazing before.
Went out to get a pizza for dinner. At the local Pizza Hut. Most expensive pizza I've ever eaten. £11.99 - which is $25AUD for a standard size pizza!! Gah!!!! Just a plain old pepperoni pizza. Insane, totally insane :( Still, it was actually quite nice.
Hoping for five minutes of sunlight tomorrow morning to see the cliffs, that's all I'm asking. It can rain the rest of the day, but some sun on the cliffs would be nice... kthxbai!
Newquay
Headland Hotel, Newquay, used in the 1990 movie "The Witches"
Tiny little roads
Horse-drawn wagon in Polperro
Polperro
Cornish Piskies!
Muddy harbour in Polperro
Muddy harbour in Polperro
Harbour in Polperro
Polperro
Polperro
Polperro
Cornish Pasties
Seagull at Lyme Regis
Cliffs at Lyme Regis
Lyme Regis
Stu at Lyme Regis - hey look! Sunshine!
Stu at Lyme Regis
This is as far as we got before we couldn't go any further
Cliffs at Lyme Regis
Cliffs at Lyme Regis
Cute cloud
Entrance to Portsmouth
HMS Warrior, Portsmouth
HMS Warrior
Spinnaker Tower
The only things open in Portsmouth after 6pm
Spinnaker Tower
View from our hotel in Bognor Regis
Geotagging - Day 27
Tourist train in Newquay
Newquay
Beach at Newquay
Cool house on top of rocks in Newquay
Beach at Newquay
Beach at Newquay
Beach at Newquay
Bridge to the isolated house at Newquay
Fountain at Newquay
Having lots of weather here on holiday - yeah, story of our holiday!
Port at Padstow
The Seafood Restaurant at Padstow
Port at Padstow
Cornwall
Stu at the entrance to Land's End
Lighthouse at Land's End
Rocks at Land's End
Rocks at Land's End
Signpost at Land's End
Stu at Land's End
Karen and Cutie at Land's End
St Michael's Mount
St Michael's Mount
St Michael's Mount
At least the parachute wind surfers were having fun
Geotagging - Day 26