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Countryside:
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Patterns:
– Shadows
– Brick, Stone
– Wood, Timber

Places:
– Blue Bell Hill
– Chatham
– Eastbourne
– Gravesend
– Greenwich
– Greenwich Cutty Sark
– Hastings
– Maidstone
– Margate, Herne Bay xxx& Swalecliffe
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– Petts Wood
– Ramsgate
– Rochester 1
– Rochester 2
– Southend
– Sheerness
– Stockwood Park
– Toad Rock
– Tonbridge
– Tunbridge Wells
– Whitstable

Plants:
– Autumn Leaves
– Bluebell
– Campanula 1
– Campanula 2
– Campanula 3
– Clematis
– Daffodil Heads
– Daffodil Groups
– Fuchsia 1
– Fuchsia 2
– Grasses
– Lilac
– Moss
– Pansy Heads Cool
– Pansy Heads Warm
– Pansy Groups
– Prunus Pink
– Prunus White
– Rose
– Sunflower
– Trees
– Tulip Heads 1
– Tulip Heads 2
– Tulip Groups
– Wallflower
– Wild Flowers

Weather:
– Dawn
– Frost & Ice
– Sky 1 Warm
– Sky 2 Cool
– Sky 3 Stormy
– Snow
– Sunset
– Weather Effects

Water:
– Drops
– Fountains
– Puddles
– Pond
– Lake
– Rivers 1
– Rivers 2
– Rivers 3
– Rivers 4
– Seaside
– Surface Patterns
– Weirs/Waterfalls

Pic of Day Archive:
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– 2009 Mar Apr
– 2009 May-Jun
– 2009 Jul-Aug
– 2009 Sep-Oct
– 2009 Nov-Dec
– 2010 Jan-Feb
– 2010 Mar-Apr
– 2010 May-Jun
– 2010 Jul-Aug
– 2010 Sep-Oct
– 2010 Nov-Dec
– 2011 Jan-Feb
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– 2011 May-Jun
– 2011 July-Aug
– 2011 Sep-Oct
– 2011 Nov-Dec
– 2012 Jan-Feb

The town's main attractions are Rochester Castle, Chatham Historic Dockyard and the Charles Dickens themed High Street www.cometorochester.co.uk

My favourite shop in Rochester High Street is of course Francis Iles, art supplies shop with a very wide range of top quality materials. Shop website is www.artycat.co.uk, although this does not do justice to the artist's paradise that the shop is. Their art gallery website is www.francis-iles.com

Rochester Castle and riverside walk Rochester
3 photos joined, looking towards Rochester Bridge

Rochester Bridge Rochester
The first cast-iron bridge was opened in 1856, which was replaced 1910-14 with the present structure, known as the Old Bridge. Over the bridge to the left is Strood, and to the right begins Rochester High Street. History of the bridge at www.rbt.org.uk Rochester Bridge Trust.

Rochester Bridge heading towards Strood Rochester
Rochester Bridge looking northwards, crest and beasts detailed in photos below

Rochester Bridge crest

Rochester Bridge beastie Rochester Bridge lion Rochester
Rochester Bridge: I am permitting these two beasts to appear here only on condition their growls are reserved for any litter louts or similar.

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River Medway boats Rochester
River Medway

River Medway boats at low tide Rochester

Daffodils on The Esplanade verge Rochester
The Esplanade verge

Daffodils on The Esplanade green Valerian flowers in riverside wall Rochester
Daffodils in spring and bedding in summer make The Esplanade green a very pleasant open space. The red in the distance is a small fenced children's playground nearer the river wall. Valerian plants decorating the walls where the municipal gardeners cannot reach!

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Rock on The Esplanade verge 1 Rock on The Esplanade verge 2 Rock on The Esplanade verge 3 Rochester
Rocks on The Esplanade south verge. They have a smooth appearance similar to the sandstone rocks found at Toad Rock in Tonbridge.

The Esplanade verge with rocks Rochester
This picture shows the location of the rocks, amongst the emerging daffodils on the south verge of The Esplanade, next to some rough ground used as a small car park.

Rochester Castle seen from The Esplanade green Rochester
Rochester Castle seen from The Esplanade green
www.castles-abbeys.co.uk/Rochester-Castle.html

Ornate stone arch leading to castle Steps into Rochester Castle bailey Rochester
Through the ornate arch and up the steps into the castle bailey

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Arch gate ironwork Rochester
Ironwork gates to the arch in picture above. The date in the second picture is MDCCCLXXII = 1872, which is when the castle gardens were opened to the public.

Rochester Castle bailey Rochester
There is an admission fee for the castle itself, but not the grounds. The castle is an empty shell and derelict inside, but you can go to the top for the view.

Rochester Castle from side street Rochester
Back/rear view showing the only round tower. In 1215 the castle was seized by rebel barons against King John and during the siege the south-east tower was undermined and collapsed. After two months the rebels were starved out and surrendered. In the latter years of that century it was rebuilt in a rounded shape to better withstand attack by missiles and undermining.

Upwards view of Rochester Castle Rochester
Besiegers' view of the castle. Don't try this at home!

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Rochester Castle rear Rochester
Rear view

Rochester castle rear green Rochester
Rear view

Curtain wall arrowslit Rochester
Arrowslit in curtain wall overlooking the river

Rochester Cathedral
Rochester
Rochester Cathedral is situated immediately to the rear of the castle and is England's second oldest. It was founded in 604 and the present building dates from 1080. The tree in front is a very old catalpa (Indian bean tree) with branches supported on props. www.rochestercathedral.org

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Jetty on River Medway Rochester

Jetty floating walkway and view of Strood Rochester
Looking towards Strood. The mooring floats with the tide and is part of the jetty shown above

Lamp decoration Riverside balustrade lamp Rochester
Lamp on the riverside balustrade (as seen in photo below), with close-ups of the decoration

Sunset over River Medway Rochester
Medway sunset from Rochester Bridge

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