28-01-2010, 01:33 PM
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Re: The White Cliffs Of Dover
Lovely picsIt's not just Dover/Kent which has white cliffs though
Look at The Jurassic Coast
Lovely website here
28-01-2010, 01:36 PM
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Re: The White Cliffs Of Dover
Originally Posted by moetmum
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My friend and I are walking the South Downs Way, one of the stretches goes along the Seven Sisters, it is a stunning walk, especially on a clear day (which we were fortunate to have).
I took that picture on the 18 of Dec 2005 at about 1pm
Temp 5c and no wind, well wrapped up and on walking back to the car started sweating like a pig.
The picture shows the Cuck Mouth and you can just make out the Customs houses at the bottom.
Opposite these houses (built 1820) in a field there is a stone Cairn with a plaque stating(from memory)
"This stone was erected to remember the unknown dead of the Canadian Army who in 1940 bivouacked(sp) here.
A local Home guard warned the CO that the German Bombers use the Cuck valley as a marker on their bombing runs.
At 6am as the troops where awaking two Messerchetts flew in machine gunning them in their tents.
The Co who occupied one of the houses was shaving at the time and a cannon shell came through the bathroom wall and killed him"
I wonder if the CO picked that spot because he had a house to live in.
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