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Port of Dover as seen from the visitor centre |
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Dover Port - only 21 miles to Calais in France across the English Channel |
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It's us....ready to explore the Dover wilderness! |
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Trekking along...where are those white bloody cliffs? |
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Eagle-eyed Kavinda spots a piece of chalk, the building-blocks of the white cliffs. |
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Another view of the Dover Port |
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Many ferries operate between Dover and Calais in France and carries thousands of passengers and vehicles to and from the continent. |
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White Cliffs of Dover, as seen from the English Channel
(Image - courtesy of Wikipedia) |
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Another view of White Cliffs of Dover, as seen from the English Channel
(Image - courtesy of Wikipedia) |
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A ferry is closing in, after its 1-hour voyage from Calais, France |
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To jump or not to jump? Yasiru & Kavinda analysing the pros & cons. |
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White cliffs in the background...and us in the foreground! |
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It's a straight drop of a few hundred feet from where we are to the port level |
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Magnificent landscape near White Cliffs |
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Its not a straight-forward path to success! |
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Western Heights, the old army garrison overlooking Dover Port. |
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Inside the magnificent Canterbury cathedral, Canterbury |
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Stained glass in Canterbury Cathedral |
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Caterbury Cathdral, one of the oldest and most famous structures of Britain, built in circa AD597 |
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The majestic Canterbury Cathedral |
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