It’s been a while!

After four weeks in London with James and Maddie, we finally hit the road - and the weather had made a dramatic turnaround! 

Beautiful rose display at Scotney Castle. 

The day in Kent, with magnificent blue skies and the lush green of the “garden of England”, was just the start in our new home that we could have wished. 

The view across the High Weald in Kent. 

Our plan was to travel to Dover for the night readying ourselves for an early departure for France tomorrow. 

As it was such a beautiful day we  took the scenic route to Dover, visiting Scotney Castle and Sissinghurst Castle, both with beautiful gardens. 

We were glad we were traveling in an anticlockwise direction on the M25 for in the other side there seemed to be hours of traffic delays! 

Scotney Castle, the home of the Hussey family, and the ruined medieval moated castle. Very picturesque with its lavish gardens. Very interesting as to how brutal they have been in cutting back the century old rhododendrons - all because they were ruining the views! 

After this we drove onto Sissinghurst Castle - not really a Castle but called Chateau Sissinghurst by the 3000 French prisoners in the 17the century! Another round of exquisite gardens - created by Vita Sackville -West - just a visual delight.

We finally arrived in Dover where were spent the night along with other vans waiting for their schedule ferry trip.