Brighton to Canterbury via the 100 Acre Wood

We left Brighton and drove to Hartfield which is a town near Ashdown Forest. This is where A.A. Milne wrote the Pooh Bear stories. We visited Pooh Corner, the shop where Christopher Robin used to buy his lollies. It's now a shop dedicated to all things Pooh, sadly mostly the Disney franchised stuff.

We were given directions for finding the bridge to play Pooh sticks, so we drove to the car park area and began walking. The track, however, is not marked in any way and after 10 minutes walk and paths going off in various directions, we decided that we should head back to the car. Having no sense of direction is a terrible failing! We did walk in Pooh Country though and very pretty it was, too.

We then headed off for Canterbury. We found our accomodation, a 17th century coaching inn and checked in. The hotel is lovely! There are views of the cathedral from one bedroom window and the river Stroud from the other. It's quaint in the right way!!

Canterbury is a very pretty town. We walked around for quite a while and then visited the cathedral. An amazing place!

We are both sorry we are only here for one night. Back in the car today and off north to Rutland Waters where we have 4 nights in a converted barn. A slightly slower pace fore a bit!

Here is our lovely little car. Pretty cool, huh!

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