VISITING KENT, ENGLAND BY CAR ◆ UK TRAVEL VLOG ◆ EYNSFORD, ROCHESTER, AYLESFORD, & DOVER!
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- [Filmed October 5, 2020] In this vlog, Derek and I take the DLR to London City Airport to retrieve our long-term car rental, and then head out for our first day (of two) exploring Kent!
This video documents Derek’s first time driving on the other side of the road since 2018. We slowly eased our way towards Dover with three fun stops along the way. We had such a fantastic time slowly discovering Kent’s charm, and its beauty exceeded our expectations!
To begin, we visited the town of Eynsford, where we used our English Heritage membership for the first time ever at the ruins of Eynsford Castle. Then, we enjoyed lunch in town at the Castle Hotel, visited Eynsford Bridge, walked along the River Darent, and meandered around the town before heading onwards towards Rochester.
In Rochester, we peeked into Rochester Cathedral, walked the grounds of Rochester Castle, and explored Rochester High Street on foot. We next drove to nearby Aylesford to watch the sunset while overlooking its beautiful old bridge. To conclude the day, we checked into our hotel in Dover, and walked to a restaurant near Dover’s harbor.
It was certainly a full day of exploration around Kent, and I hope you enjoy following along on our adventure! Happy travels!
-Eliz
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Great Information. Thanks Eliz and Derek. Keep up the good work.
Thank you so much!
Thanks a million, guys! Will do!
You know, England was neve much on my radar, but after your videos, it's definitely moving up on the list!!
You’ll love it! 🙌🏻
Despite the stereotypes and misconceptions there is alot of great stuff to come and see here in England. Just avoid the immediate outskirts of London and head to places much like in this video.
Really nice video that gave me a lot of inspiration for my own videos. Keep up the great work and take care
Thank you so much for the kind words!
Thanks so much, these types of complements mean a great deal! 🙏😀
Wow, great video. Really well put together. I enjoyed it. Thanks again. Looking forward to the next.
Thanks so much Lee! The next one is going to be a full day in Dover! 😁🇬🇧
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W00t! My first try at voiceover work! Hope it wasn’t too jarring hearing me on there! 😜
I really enjoyed your video. Great channel. ⭐️⭐️
Thanks so much, that means more than you know! 😀🙏
I have been to Rochester, it was nice. I went to a cafe and had a chocolate milkshake. I also went to Rochester Castle and Rochester Cathedral. Canterbury is also a great place where I went to the cathedral and the Marlowe theatre and on a river tour that went past the same theatre
So fun! We visited Canterbury in summer 2018 and saw the Cathedral, and did a punting tour on the river as well! Kent is so beautiful.
Great look at a really nice part of England, Kent has so much to see. I've been but not seen some of these places.
Yes I agree, there were so many places that we couldn’t see in the two days we had! 😀
We had a great time in Kent! Wish we’d had more time to explore the little villages and castles they have! There’s even the childhood home of Anne Boleyn, but we couldn’t fit it in.
@@mr.meanstotravel Watching this video makes me want to go back again, last time (well the only time!) I was there it was summer, so it was very much the 'Garden of England' We ended up staying in a B&B that had views of the Kent Downs where people went ballooning. It looked incredible!
Oooooh, you had STP too! Well done 👍
Haha yes it was so good!!! Derek and I agree that might have been the best one we had on the entire trip (we had several more after that one haha)
@@MeansToTravel They are pretty awesome
Wow amazing 😻
Thank you!
You guys are awesome loving the vlogs!
Thanks bud! We appreciate that!
Thanks so much!!
Happy to see more vlogs. I also liked the split screen for your food comments. Just wondering why you ordered hamburgers and such rather than fish n chips or other local items? I did enjoy your vlog a lot though.
Thanks Glenn! And great question! We had just eaten fish and chips the day prior in Greenwich, so we wanted something different. Plus, the sandwich/burger selections were the less expensive options after having a pricier lunch. That said, in the next vlog to be published where we spend a full day in Dover, you'll see us split a local seafood platter - can't wait!!
Thanks Glenn! Yeah, we were trying to save some money and also they sounded good from the menu description. Oh well!
It’s great to see folk from the USA going somewhere other than the Cotswolds and the West. The South East has great places to visit and don’t ignore East Anglia. The Suffolk coast and towns is a wonderful place to visit too.
I agree, there are so many fun places to explore beyond those areas! We have a pretty large backlog of vlogs that we filmed while we were in the UK, so you'll see some coming up from Weymouth, Cornwall, Bristol, Bath, Lake District, and Scotland once I get further with editing! :)
Eliz I’ve never noticed how blue your eyes are! Lovely in the car clip!💙👀
Thanks Dara! Yes the color of them often appears brighter when I'm in the sunlight, must be the smaller pupils haha!
Whilst in Eynsford, you could have visited Lullingstone Roman villa. More history!
Oh that's a great tip for next time! We hope to go back!
The train which delayed Eliz and Derek at Aylesford was one of the trains which provide high-speed services between London St Pancras and Kent.
So cool that you can quickly get to Kent from Central London! Do the railroad crossings always have drivers waiting for a long time before the train comes, or was that an oddity? I grew up two blocks from a commuter train station in suburban Chicago and cars usually only had to wait a minute after the gates went down. Curious!!
@@MeansToTravel More than three minutes is a long time by British (and European) standards. Usually the delay(in Britain) is about 90-120 seconds.
Makes sense! Thanks for helping answer my question!
That’s interesting Roger! Felt like we sat there FORever!
Great vlog, keep it up and keep creating! All the best! :) Really hope I can get into a car soon and travel around as well!
The time will come soon enough Peter! Thanks for the support!
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Thanks Peter! We're hoping to do another domestic road trip soon - it's a great way to stay fully socially distant for the entire transit time!
Great vlog! Hope to visit the UK soon. Kent is definitely on my list!
Thanks Mary Ellen! Yes you definitely should, Kent is lovely!
Loved the food! Looked gorgeous AND delicious!
Yes the food at the Castle Hotel was fantastic!!! We were really pleased to have found it.
Hey Eliz and Derek! Those were all towns I have never seen anyone cover before and it looks like you did some great advanced planning. Very nice! Thanks!
Thank you so much! 🙏🏼🔥 Visit Kent had some great lists of places to visit, including the top “Instagrammable” villages... so I just plotted those on a map to see which were along our route!
This is exactly the type of comment we live for, thank you so much! I must admit, Derek planned the itinerary for this day - and he did a fantastic job!
I'm "seconding" that Visit Kent was such a valuable resource!
Amazing places to visit in the UK are peak District the Lake District and North Yorkshire moons and the forest of Bowland
We totally agree! We really wish we had more time in the Peak District, since we were only able to drive through it on this trip. And our Lake District stay got cut short by lockdown 2! Glad we got to at least film a little bit in both, but I'd LOVE to go back and visit those spots again!
After the new mutant strain of the virus was found, I was so grateful that y’all flew home when you did! I’ve thought of you often. Looking forward to following your new travel vlogs!
Thanks, we've felt the exact same way. We really lucked out with our timing of flying home right after the second lockdown and right before the second strain was known. But of course, the luckiest part of all was that we managed to stay healthy the whole trip due to all of our caution!
@@MeansToTravel We feel the same way! We visited in between the first and second lock down, and were way more cautious than everyone else around us.
I live in Kent but never really been to Rochester Cathedral. It looks impressive. I shall come and visit it in the near future. Thanks for sharing.
It was beautiful! Hope you can manage to visit it soon!
Rochester is proper Dickens territory, lovely by day but I wouldn't fancy a walk along the high street at nighttime.
I used to live in Kent lol
Great!
@@MeansToTravel yes!
Awesome 😍😍😍 Beautiful video congratulations🤗🤗🤗 Thank you for sharing❤️❤️❤️
Thank you!
I love cathedrals! So pretty ❤️
I couldn't agree more!
You really missed a trick not going into Rochester Cathedral.
Its utterly beautiful inside.
Derek really liked checking it out! I’ll definitely go in next time we are there! From what I could see I agree that it is beautiful.
Not gonna lie choosing Dover, Rochester and Aylesford is wild 😂
Haha what are your favorite spots in Kent?
Rochester was first given the royal charter for City status during the reign of King Henry III in 1227. But due to an administrative mistake. During local government reorganisation in 1998. It lost its City status. As City status can only be granted to a town by the reigning monarch it hasn't been able to get it back. There are only 69 City's spread over the four countries that make up the UK.
I didn’t know that! So interesting that city status is determined that way!
@@MeansToTravel if it has a cathedral it is also called a city as well.
@@DrSkeff that's a myth doc
Sticky toffee pudding is a sponge pudding not a bread pudding.
Nice! Yeah Derek said it’s kinda like a bread pudding because we don’t really have sponge puddings in the United States 😋😋😋
It is a shame that some Kent villages and 'also' market towns (ie Ashford, Gillingham etc) never seem to have the 'overall' 'well kept' aesthetic of those in the county of Sussex.
Interesting to have an observation like that between the counties! I haven't spent much time in Sussex to compare!
Watching people walking, talking and eating - not much filming of the areas. And traveling during Covid!!! Not too cool.
Sounds like you’re looking for a guide video - not a travel vlog like this is. This was filmed before the 2nd lockdown and all hands-face-space guidelines were followed.