A Little Run Out

[poliphilo]

We took the car up and over the hill to the Birling Gap, where a lone fisherman was tending his lines and a trickle of tourists came down the ladder to the beach then went up again. The sea was very calm. As I was climbing the ladder myself a woman rushed out into the water and shreiked a lot while her male partner- bundled up in heavy coat- sat on

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[wantedonvoyage]

Those are very cool photos. The cliff reminds me a bit of Dover.

[poliphilo]

Yeah, well, Dover is a bit further up the coast...

But, here's a thing, when they show you "The White Cliffs of Dover" in the movies it's almost always these cliffs between Eastbourne and Seaford that they show you, because they're considerably more spectacular....

[wantedonvoyage]

I see where it is, now, yes. On the far side of Canterbury on the way to So'ton. I've never explored that bit of coast.

I guess they went for the rhyme.

[poliphilo]

And Dover is the recognised gateway to England and commands the English Channel at its narrowest. Mind you, down here is where the Normans landed in 1066- and the Castle at Pevensey has been a key military installation through all recorded history. The existing structure is the most substantial Roman building in Britain. Successive generations have added to it- and there were soldiers stationed there in WWII just in case Hitler chose to take Duke William's route.

[wantedonvoyage]

Endless things to see there. On that trip we were in Canterbury for a few days and then only went to Dover port to get on and off the ship. I'll have to look for pictures of Pevensey.