Canterbury Historic City, Cathedral & Tales in Kent

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Canterbury in Kent, Historic City visit - March 2004 In March we went to visit the historic city of Canterbury in Kent and walked along the wall, toured the Canterbury Tales, had pizza for lunch, visited Canterbury Cathedral and the castle and saw lots of old buildings.
Canterbury is a walled historic city in Kent and here we can see the old city wall contrasted against the modern ring road.	We walked round the wall towards Canterbury city centre, here's Belinda looking at the map to check where we're going.
Canterbury High Street is largely pedestrianised and lined with many old buildings. After a pizza lunch we seeked out the Canterbury Tales attraction.	This shot of the entrance to the Canterbury Tales was taken after we came out and shows the queue of students waiting to go in. A narrow escape then!
In the Canterbury Tales we listened to an audio tour that picked up the commentary as we walked round. Here's a pilgrim telling his tale.	Some more gossip among the pilgrims. The lighting changed to add to the atmosphere and was all very well done we thought.
This was actually pretty dark and we've enhanced the image to bring out the figures. Our entrance to the Canterbury Tales cost £6.95.	The exit lead into the gift shop, and a chance for Belinda to buy a few things to remember our enjoyable visit to the Canterbury Tales.
Apparently this is the most photographed scene in Canterbury, looking down Mercery Lane towards Christ Church Gate and Canterbury Cathedral.	We're proper tourists with both of us clicking away with our digital cameras! This is the entrance to Canterbury Cathedral at Christ Church Gate.
The entrance to Canterbury Cathedral cost £4 to walk round inside and marvel at this magnificent building. They wanted another £2 for a photo permit, which we didn't buy so we didn't take any pictures inside.	A shot of the main tower near the cathedral entrance.
A final picture of Canterbury Cathedral then.	Back in Canterbury High Street we came across several tour groups. The tourist season must start early here then, as it was only early March. Undoubtedly it'll be much busier peak season.
Our final visit before heading home was Canterbury Castle, seen here in all its glory.	The trouble with digital cameras is that you tend to take pictures of anything and everything!