It was foggy when we woke up but it cleared soon and the sun came out. It was to stay that way most of the day. We had another huge breakfast. The traditional English breakfast of bacon, sausage, eggs, cooked tomatoes, fry bread. We still don’t understand why they bring the toast standing up in what we call “toast coolers”. It is cold by the time you eat it. The English want their bread cold and drink warm beer.

We stopped at a big supermarket on the way out of town. We like a supply of cookies, bottle of lemonade and some fruit in the car. We have been having big breakfasts and dinners and we snack mid day.

Our first stop was Dover. It is a port city with many ships out in the harbor. We drove up to the top of cliffs with a good view of the castle, the harbor and the white cliffs. It was real pretty place. With the exposure to the English Channel it has a long history of being the first exposure to the continent. It has been fortified and it has also been the entry point to the country. Over 300 ships a day come into the port. The top of the cliffs has in the past had cannons mounted the could shoot to the French coast which you can see 20 miles out to sea. The cliffs are now in the National Trust and are kept very nice. That is  like our National Parks but held in a public trust.

We have now been in the South East of England, first with the seaside resorts and now the commercial and military port towns. After Dover we headed toward London on our way to East Anglia. We have to go west around the large bay that become the Thames River. Then before reaching London go north and east again following the coast north.

We stopped in Canterbury to see the Cathedral. It has been there since the 12^th century. It is a huge walled structure and looks like a castle. We were going to walk the grounds but being a Saturday the place was real crowded. We couldn’t get a parking place. We drove around looking at it and got on the M2 toward London.

We went north under the Thames about 30 miles east of London in a toll tunnel. I have to figure out now how to pay for it on line. I know they will find me and I would get a bill from Hertz.

We were heading for Norwich in East Anglia for the night. On the way we stopped at Dadhan. It is a cute little village. We walked the streets and had a ice cream. It is fun driving the small roads where you always have to slow down and pull to the left to give approaching cars enough room. Some roads are just one lane wide. We drove to two other beautiful small villages for photos and then headed for Norwich and our room for the night.