Dover Castle

Saturday, July 7th 2007, we took a side trip to Dover Castle while staying at a B&B in Canterbury for the Tour de France weekend. Dover Castle is situated atop the White Cliffs of Dover and can be seen from the Ferry terminal below. Built around 1066 it also housed secret wartime tunnels used in WWII while fighting the Germans. The tunnels contained a hospital, dorms, kitchens, and were also a command center from which Vice admiral Ramsay initiated the evacuation of over 300,000 British and allied troops from Dunkirk - the beaches of Northern France. http://www.english-heritage.org.uk/server.php?show=conProperty.182 A little link for some extra info if you're interested.

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Dover Castle

(picture from the car park doesn't do it justice)

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The White Cliffs of Dover

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Shadow of the castle onto the courtyard.

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The Port Dover

On a clear day you can see all the way to Calais, the port city in France!

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Us in front of the Chapel on the left and the Lighthouse on the right.

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Jackie and Jailee inside the tower

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Thought this was an interesting tidbit of information. In case you can't read it this is what it says: Rain water from the roof was collected in this tank to supplement the main supply from the well. The tank was lined with lead.

This "tank" is located inside the castle walls.

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Entrance to the secret wartime tunnels. This is the hospital and street level.

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Jailee and Daddy making their way along a path leading to the castle and tunnels that go under the road

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We had a great time at the Castle. They also had a falconry show going on at the time, but seeing as how we're not bird fans we hurried out of the area quickly.

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jx4