Rockin' the Cliffs of Dover

We kept up the the weekend warrior marathon and visited the famous Cliffs of Dover on Saturday. Lucky for us, our friends Fred and Clare are here for a year and have a sweet company car (Black and tinted Audi A6, for those that care). The four of us drove the ~2 hrs from London to hike along the cliffs.

The cliffs are famous for being a dramatic white, but also for being the first or last of the UK that people would see when any travel to continental Europe meant a boat was involved. This is the shortest place between the UK and the rest of Europe (20 miles) and we could clearly see the shores of France during our walk.

Hard to see the face, but that's me.

There is also a castle on the cliffs (not pictured or explored due to an over-enthusiastic exploration of the the local pub's pint selection during lunch) as this was the most obvious point of invasion from France back in the day.

Apparently the cliffs have a network of tunnels dug into them that lead to/from the castle. Anya and I had some "cliffhanger" action and got up into one of the tunnel entrances.

...and here's Anya.

Here's a bird's eye view to give you the big idea.

full discloser: I did not take this picture. Credit NASA. USA!

Finally, I'd be remiss I didn't mention Eric Johnson's very bad-ass guitar instrumental of the same name. Winner of a Grammy in 1990 and no-doubt studied intensely by Jimmy Hunt while playing Guitar Hero III.