First steps...

Ok, so not his actual first steps, but his first steps into the English Channel with his Daddy...

Grandma Bev, Grandpa Gordon, Rich & I hired a car for the weekend and took Jake on his first road trip south of London through Canterbury and Dover. Here are some photos of the weekend - I really should have taken a picture of all the baby gear we took along for one little baby... we are really going to have to learn to cut down on the 'necessities'!


English Channel - Dover




Canterbury Cathedral -
The Cathedral's history goes back to 597AD! In 1170 Archbishop Thomas Becket was murdered in the Cathedral and ever since, the Cathedral has attracted thousands of pilgrims, as told famously in Geoffrey Chaucer's Canterbury Tales.
We heard the choir rehearsing while we were inside - which really set the mood while strolling through the cathedral, taking in the unbelievable architecture and stain-glass windows.







White Cliffs of Dover...these chalk cliffs are really spectacular! You can actually walk up to the edge if you dare... this was Grandma Bev's favourite spot! Jake fell asleep on our walk to the cliffs:)

We also went on a tour of Dover castle which included a tour inside the cliffs in the secret wartime tunnels. In May 1940 these tunnels provided the nerve centre for Vice Admiral Ramsay to plan The Secret Wartime Tunnels Operation Dynamo – the evacuation of British and allied troops from the Dunkirk beaches of northern France. Over 300,000 were safely evacuated over 9 days!