White Cliffs Walk

18 people (Sue is taking the photo)

12 different nationalities

ONE rainy English day

The all important health & safety talk before we set out ...

• Stay in groups
• Do NOT go near the edge of the cliffs
• Oh, and Mrs Knotts Tea room is open for refreshments

Despite the bleak weather forecast 18 of us set out on a great walk along the historic White Cliffs of Dover. Starting at Langdon Cliffs National Trust site (overlooking the port of Dover) we walked an unbelievably muddy trail to South Foreland Lighthouse and back. I'm pleased to report that despite a few slips, we all arrived back unharmed, though rather dirtier than when we'd set out.

The weather was in fact very kind to us, just two sort showers along route; and it was neither cold nor windy.

Youri got to wave Bonjour to his home land of France,
which we could just about make out in the distance.

It was good to find Mrs Knotts Tea Room open, albeit in 'take-away' form. A hot drink, our packed lunch and a wee rest before setting off to try to find a less muddy route 😏😏😏

Aiste, Kirsten, Sue, Jon and Jorsia

Namrata, Kuntal, Corina, Imane

Grace & Cynthia

Niduka & Jeff

Lynne, Dominika, Amel & Youri

Along route I taught a few of the students part of the Hippopotamus song by Flanders & Swann (really showing my age here!!!).

Here are some of the words ...

Mud, mud, glorious mud

There's nothing quite like it for cooling the blood

So follow me, follow

Down to the hollow

And there we can wallow in glorious mud.

Check out the full version ...

Mud, Mud, Glorious Mud

Maybe now you can understand why I was singing about mud!!

I trust everyone else enjoyed the day as much as I did 😀

"We always enjoy your trips. Today was fantastic, weather was fine for us. We really enjoyed it and had so much fun. Enjoyed the beautiful views."     Jeff & Niduka (Sri Lanka)

"I really enjoyed today's trip! The views were stunning, the company was great, and it's good to know that a little (or a lot) of mud cannot stop us in achieving our goals (even if we did have doubts along the way)."    Dominika (Poland)

"Thank you for a marvellous trip and a fun mud experience!😜"    Aiste (Lithuania)

"Thank you for the trip. I haven't had so much adventure for so long, so I'm really happy."   Jorsia  (Indonesia)