Dover

Tuesday (May 22nd) Katie and I headed off to the train station to make our way down to Dover. It was a beautiful day and it was not a really long trip, but when we got into Dover and asked how to get to our hostel we had not counted on uphill most of the way. We were really hot and tired by the time we got there and then it was to find out that check-in was not until 3pm (another 2 hours). However he let us in and said we could leave our bags inside if we wanted to which we did because in spite of packing light they were really heavy after a while! So armed with our cameras (and a map) from the Info Center we headed off to check out the white cliffs. Like I said earlier it was a beautiful day and so we were able to get the white cliffs with the blue sky and blue water. Stunning. After walking down along the water and out on a dock we headed back to the land and decided to go on the longer hike up along the cliffs. And I do mean along. We were touching them at times. Which by the way I had never realized (or forgot) how chalky they are. If you pick up a piece of the rock and squeeze it it will turn to dust in your hand. We eventually headed back to the hostel to get ready for the next part of our trip the next day. On to Somerset area to stay with a totally british family.