A Door to the Past


Before we begin our travels we have taken some time to go and visit our family and friends. But aside from seeing great people we've also seen some great places.

Gloucester

On Thursday we went to see my friend Seb at Gloucester. The cathedral there is currently undergoing some renovation works thanks to some extra funding which they have received. This has made some of the work more interactive (we even got to pretend to be Bishops) and also gives the chance to visit the whispering gallery which the monks would have used to walk around the cathedral at a raised level.



Gloucester is also home to John Stafford Smith, a Gloucester man who wrote the American national anthem.

Durdle Door

On the Friday we all went to Durdle Door, which is on the Jurassic Coastline in Dorset. Olivia was very disappointed to find out that there were no dinosaurs... 


Durdle door is a massive hole that came through a headland on this coastline in the Lulworth Estate. The name is in the Old Saxon meaning drilled. It was a glorious sunny day and unfortunately we caught the sun a little bit. But it was a fantastic place to see and it't stunning beauty really demonstrates that it deserves it's place as Britian's first natural UNESCO World Heritage site.


What's next?

We still have a week left before we depart England for our first stop of Split, Croatia. Our flight is on Saturday 12th May. We have another week which we are going to spend with Olivia's parents in Aldershot. There are a few more photos which are found on our Instagram

See you next time!

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