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Dover Slideshow
Travel Blogs from Dover, United Kingdom
Finally, a rural road!
This is a top pick! My first morning I awoke to a coating of ice on my tent. All that rain the day before had apparently solidified due to the extreme warmth of the night. Yes, but my sleeping bag has certainly proven itself! There was very dense fog until 9 am, which I got ...
There'll Be Blue Sky Over, White Cliffs of Dover
This is a top pick! ... popular song of World War II. They are also said to be a world-wide symbol of peace. So we boarded the bus to Dover on a freezing Saturday morning arriving in he seaside town at 9:30am. The visitor centre didn't open for another half an hour so we ...
There'll be blue birds over the white cliffs of...
This is a top pick! ... chips to within an inch of their lives, and they were bleedin' delicious. We slept overnight on the marina front at Dover, tucking ourselves into a spot with far more other motorhomes than when we stayed here back in November. Early start in the morning, ...
the white cliffs of Dover
... I had most of the day in Dover before dark. The city istelf is pretty dull, but it does have a few highlights. One is Dover Castle http://www.castlexplorer.co.uk/england/dover/dover.php, where I spent several hours wandering through. I took a tour of ...
...Arriving in Britain
After about an hour and a half on the boat, we finally docked and were disembarked in Dover. We had met an older woman from Sweden who now lives in England, and together set off to find the train station to head to London. Again, the timing worked out ...
South of the Watford gap
... the cars come on and off the chunnel train it felt like the real start of our journey. So the next day it was a short trip to Dover and not to return for a long time. In general we found the south coast a bit bland and the locals a bit abrasive. Your ...
Cliffs in Dover
... for a nice breakfast with scones mmm. Checked out and headed off to the train station where I hopped on the next train to Dover. After about 25mins we arrived and I made my way to my hostel which was located in the oldest pub in town. ...
Day trip to Dover
... weather was quite cold & wet. Went thru the Secret War Tunnels...we thought very worthwhile little trip thru wartime history. Dover Castle was beaut! Included lovely old church & very old Roman lighthouse ruin! Great views of the town, the port ...
And they're off!
Had a nice chat with a Jewish American lady in the waiting area of the Eurolines departure area at Dover Docks about Poland whilst waiting for my coach with mum. The coach is pretty much all Polish people except me and a couple of English lads. The Polish ...
Dover Castle and Secret Wartime Tunnels
... , but looked through the other buildings, one of which had a short video on the history of King Henry II and his family and how Dover castle was involved. By the time we saw this and the the other buildings at the north end of the castle grounds, it was ...
Dover, United Kingdom
... one of Carl Sandburg's poem. This morning we went out on the back deck of the bistro after breakfast to catch a glimpse of Dover. Our first glance showed a bright clear day in which the Dover Castle on the hill overlooking the town was clear and bright. ...
White Cliffs of Dover
... , Kent. I drove to the port of Dover and boarded the ferry to France. As I sat on the ferry watching the white cliffs of Dover slowly get smaller, I started to realise that I would not be seeing 'home' in a long time and that this was the beginning of an ...
Sailing into the wild blue yonder...
At the airport we were met by NCL people and transferred to Dover. It was a two hour drive, but you wouldn't know it by the three of us because we slept the entire way. It took a little while to board the ship and the rooms weren’t quite ...
Dover heading for Calais
Motorway drive all the way down from Shrewsbury, Can't wait to get to Calais and head south. ...
May the 4th be with you
... up baby". Today was a much better day, I took the van to a motor home repairers near Faversham whilst Toni took the kids to Dover museum and around the town. I met a lovely mechanic called Paul who did all the jobs that needed sorting especially the grill ...
Here we go...
Here we go - our time to finally depart is here! Short of any venerable words to say at a time like this I turn to those who have been here before: The World is a book, and those who do not travel read only a page. ~St. Augustine A good ...
Calais - Dover
Early rise to catch ferry, 1 1/2 hr smooth ferry crossing to Dover, great to be back on English ...
Home at Last
Well, we made it and it has been a life changing experience both physically and mentally. Physically because as we expected Vicki's knee is much worse and mentally because we will never forget the wonderful things we have seen and are now trying to ...
visa relief
We are celebrating the arrival of our 3 class 676 visas this week - quite an ordeal just waiting and wondering if our trip will be over before its even begun- yes whoever you speak to the minute you say "we havn't got our visas yet " there is ...
Home
And I'm back. I was glad to hear a good old Kentish accent when I was going through passport control at Dover and had a nice chat with the guard. I couldn't stop talking when I got home tho I think I was relieved at being able to speak English again! So ...
Dover
... the temptations, even though I was not in the least bit hungry. The pictures say it all. This morning we arrived in Dover, skirting the white cliffs before entering through a large man-made sea wall into the protected harbor. As we approached through ...
First night in the Motor Home
... left Bridgnorth for Dover at 4pm on the 25th October 2010. We stopped twice on the way down and made the mammoth journey arriving in Dover at 10.30pm. We pulled up for some wild camping but couldn't really see much at all due to the darkness. We named ...
The Key to England
... of the castle with huge rooms between them. By climbing to the top of the tower, you can have spectacular views of Dover and the neighboring region 360 degrees around. I had booked a tour of the Secret Wartime Tunnels (which they were so secret ...
Dover, England
... . It's a very diverse area with people from all over the world. Eventually we cleared the city and headed southeast towards Dover. The English countryside is beautiful. It is incredibly green and verdant. There were acres of wildflowers in bloom. We saw ...
Perfect for a Duck!
... ). The LP says that "dreary Dover is an ugly port town", but, though the weather was dreary, I didn't perceive Dover as such. A brisk twenty minute walk uphill brings one to Dover castle. On this particularly day the National ...
Day 1 - Contiki
... going to be an EEEx-celent day' (in his funny South African accent!) We drove for about 2 hours to the White Cliffs of Dover and boarded a MASSIVE ferry to take us from Dover, England to Calais, France! The ferry trip took about 1½ hours but it ...