White Cliffs of Dover, England. My Pics BoB Related.

[MB_Avro_UK]

Hi all,

During this summer, I visited Dover and The White Cliffs. This area is Battle of Britain related. I highly recommend a visit. There are no fences to protect you from a 1,000 yard fall over the Cliffs (300 meters in European language:cool:).

http://i885.photobucket.com/albums/ac58/MB_Avro_UK/017.jpg

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wB6978pw_dc&feature=related



Best Regards,
MB_Avro.

[leitmotiv]

Breathtaking. Had no idea they were so high. Great phots, Ace.

[MB_Avro_UK]

Thanks Leit.

Yes, the White Cliffs of Dover have always been a threat to European invaders for the past 1,000 years. Dover is the nearest point to Europe and is of course a magnet for European invaders.

This is a WW2 British song about the White Cliffs of Dover. Sung by the Forces pin-up girl Vera Lynn.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UdGX_FcvVoE


Best Regards,
MB_Avro.

[Igo kyu]

Hi all,

During this summer, I visited Dover and The White Cliffs. This area is Battle of Britain related. I highly recommend a visit. There are no fences to protect you from a 1,000 yard fall over the Cliffs (300 meters in European language:cool:).

<a lot of nice pictures>

Sorry, but you are not correct there. 1,000 yards is 3,000 feet, 1,000 feet is about 300 metres. Neither of which is the height of the white cliffs:

... the highest chalk sea cliff in Britain, rising to 162 m (530 ft) above sea level.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beachy_Head

[Tte. Costa]

Thank you very much for the great photos.
Beautiful song too.


This is a WW2 British song about the White Cliffs of Dover. Sung by the Forces pin-up girl Vera Lynn.

Is the music of the song "Somewre over the rainbow" in the film "The wizard of oz"?

[leitmotiv]

No, "Over The Rainbow" (1939) and "The White Cliffs of Dover" (1941) are two completely different songs written by different people. There is some irony in "White Cliffs", if Wiki is right---it was written two Americans. The Special Relationship in action.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Over_the_Rainbow

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/(There'll_Be_Bluebirds_Over)_The_White_Cliffs_of_D over

[BadAim]

The truth is, us Yanks are merely misplaced Brits. There is really no Irony at all.

[Chivas]

I must be getting old..."The White Cliffs of Dover" by Vera Lynn makes me misty.

[nearmiss]

I must be getting old..."The White Cliffs of Dover" by Vera Lynn makes me misty.

Yeah, it's the pits...

Lili Marlene - the soldiers song

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[Wutz]

The truth is, us Yanks are merely misplaced Brits. There is really no Irony at all.

Ha ha and British (Anglo Saxons are just Saxons who learned to fish. Guess where Saxony lays! :-P
http://www.weltkarte.com/europa/deutschland/sachsen.gif


P.S. Very nice pictures Avro! Brings memories of some reenactment events at Dover castle back to mind.

[leitmotiv]

Methinks Boudica would make short shrift of the Saxon origins blasphemy!

http://www.historic-uk.com/HistoryUK/England-History/Boudica.htm

[MB_Avro_UK]

Thanks for all your interest:cool:

I have a few more pics regarding Dover but with a military slant. Dover has had a military presence going back over a thousand years. This is a picture of the Roman watch-tower that overlooks the Channel.

http://i885.photobucket.com/albums/ac58/MB_Avro_UK/078.jpg


Dover Castle was later built in about 1100 on the same site. The Castle has been updated over the Centuries, particularly when Napoleon threatened invasion during the late 18th and early 19th Centuries.

http://i885.photobucket.com/albums/ac58/MB_Avro_UK/088.jpg


http://i885.photobucket.com/albums/ac58/MB_Avro_UK/095.jpg



This is a view of Dover Harbour from the Castle grounds.

http://i885.photobucket.com/albums/ac58/MB_Avro_UK/113.jpg



WW2 saw the Castle area upgraded to include Planning Rooms, Lookout Positions and defences.

http://i885.photobucket.com/albums/ac58/MB_Avro_UK/090-1.jpg

http://i885.photobucket.com/albums/ac58/MB_Avro_UK/108.jpg


Dover was shelled by German Artillery positioned on the French Coast about 20 miles away (32 km) from 1940 until 1944. This is a map of where shells and bombs fell. 2,226 shells fell on the town during this period.

http://i885.photobucket.com/albums/ac58/MB_Avro_UK/056.jpg

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Picture of a Pub I visited just to sample the Beer! The Church next door was destroyed by a shell but the Pub survived intact.

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A German planning document for the invasion of Dover dated June 1940.

http://i885.photobucket.com/albums/ac58/MB_Avro_UK/050-1.jpg



This is an original wartime notice advising dancers about shell and bomb procedures.

http://i885.photobucket.com/albums/ac58/MB_Avro_UK/051.jpg




And here's a practice Dambuster's bomb displayed in the Castle museum.

http://i885.photobucket.com/albums/ac58/MB_Avro_UK/130.jpg





That's all for now,
MB_Avro

[Igo kyu]

Yeah, it's the pits...

Lili Marlene - the soldiers song
I don't do flash, did either of those have the (Ahem) "altered" lyrics?

[choctaw111]

I just saw this thread.
What great photos.
Thank you very much for sharing them.

[zapatista]

Avro_UK,

what kind of camera did you use for those pictures ?

having lived in Kent for 6 yrs, and done the channel crossing probably around a 50x in all weather and seasons, i have never seen the channel water look as invitingly tropical light blue as it did from some of the initial water shots you posted (looking down on the water from the high cliffs)

the times i have flown over it in an aircraft it also would look more dark and grey, the same as the closer to the water visuals you get from the ferries or coastal roads, but in the aircraft this would obviously have been for significantly higher altitude then the cliff height shots you just posted now.

i'd hate to have Oleg create a tropical channel water color after all his hard work, instead of the cold and somewhat menacing grey colour it has during most times of the year that i remember.

[MB_Avro_UK]

Avro_UK,

what kind of camera did you use for those pictures ?

having lived in Kent for 6 yrs, and done the channel crossing probably around a 50x in all weather and seasons, i have never seen the channel water look as invitingly tropical light blue as it did from some of the initial water shots you posted (looking down on the water from the high cliffs)

the times i have flown over it in an aircraft it also would look more dark and grey, the same as the closer to the water visuals you get from the ferries or coastal roads, but in the aircraft this would obviously have been for significantly higher altitude then the cliff height shots you just posted now.

i'd hate to have Oleg create a tropical channel water color after all his hard work, instead of the cold and somewhat menacing grey colour it has during most times of the year that i remember.

I used a Pentax Optio S30. But I've since upgraded! The weather was almost perfect. A very sunny day in July last year. The pics do accurately represent the sea at that time. Yes, almost Med-like I agree.

The following two pics are of The English Channel in November this year. Taken at Southsea near Portsmouth.

http://i885.photobucket.com/albums/ac58/MB_Avro_UK/087.jpg

http://i885.photobucket.com/albums/ac58/MB_Avro_UK/090-3.jpg



Best Regards,
MB_Avro

[KG26_Alpha]

Re Dover

I just got turned back trying to get to France its mayhem !!

Little bit of snow and all hell breaks loose.

Nice pics MB, its hard to get non Hazy shots around Dover.

I know the docks and Dover area very well and to have "non hazy" pics it must have been almost perfect weather there !!

Our south coast can have "Med" looking water at times especially in the summer.

I hope they get our pebble beaches right in SoW, not just the generic sand we have in IL2.

And we dont always have murky grey looking water on our South East coastlines :)

Thames Estuary from Isle of Sheppy

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v119/alpha1/DSCF1277.jpg

Brighton Beach

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v119/alpha1/DSCF1026.jpg

Brighton Sea front

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v119/alpha1/DSCF1060.jpg

[Viking]

Beautiful!

Plese keep em coming!

Regards

Viking

[Alien]

1000 yards = about 900 meters
300 meters = about 1000 FEET not yards.

[Igo kyu]

1000 yards = about 900 meters
300 meters = about 1000 FEET not yards.
I said that, on the previous page, I hope a little more politely. :)

[Crumpp]

Yanks are merely misplaced Brits.

Misplaced Scot, here....Not English

;)

[dflion]

Thanks Avro,
These pics will get us further 'revved-up' before BOB SOW is released by Oleg and Ilya and their teams.
I was also facinated in the 'Dover' WWII film footage.
Good work!
DFLion
PS How is the 'cold snap' going? I have heard some terrible stories on the news! It is 35 degrees celius down here in the 'Land of Oz' and the cricket has been great.

[MB_Avro_UK]

Weather here in the UK is challenging...

Here's another Dover Pic.

http://i885.photobucket.com/albums/ac58/MB_Avro_UK/dorniers179-kg76.jpg