I thought that Algernon might like to go out and see a little of our neighbouring countryside so I went to fetch Slave's handbook of interesting places.
We had a look through the book and Algernon said that he would like to visit
a castle. We discovered that Pevensey was not very far away so I went to borrow Slave's camera and away we went.
When we reached the village, there was a cannon on the village green and we could not resist climbing up on it and I took this picture of Algernon with my friends, Velveteen and Patch.
We walked along the road towards the castle and passed a very old church. A sign said that this was the very first church erected by the Normans. These were people from across the Channel in France, who invaded England in 1066. Something this old deserved another photo or two.
Then we reached
the castle. We all sat down on the grass whilst I read from the handbook.
"This building has a history going back 16 centuries (wow, fancy that! ) It was begun in the 4th.century as a Roman "Saxon Shore" fort, two thirds of which still stands. Then William the Conqueror landed here ( boo, hiss ) and during the next century a huge Norman castle was built. It continued to be used after William's time and there was a great siege here in 1264. In 1588, the castle was strengthened to face the threat of the Spanish Armada."
Then we went to explore the castle ruins. We climbed the castle walls. We probably were not allowed to do this but the humans did not notice us small folk.
We looked at the gatehouse and some turrets and then we went into the dungeon but it was too dark for me to take a picture down there. The steps were very steep for small piggy feet. We are not as agile as Algernon.
Algernon wanted his picture taken on the castle fence. There was a very steep bank behind it with a moat. It was a very windy day and I was so scared that he was going to fall off that my paws were shaking when I held the camera. It is not a very good picture but I thought that you would like to see it anyway.
Algernon ate some of his rat food, which we had brought along. The grass in the castle grounds was lovely and tasty so after a good meal, we set off for the nearby beach.
The castle once stood at the edge of the sea but now there is marshland between it and the coast as the sea has receded.
Here is a picture of us at the beach. Algernon leant back on some seaweed to catch some rays.
The tide was in so we could not play on the sand. I wanted to write our names in the sand but we were out of luck.
We climbed on the breakwater and then collected some shells before setting off got home again.
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