Thursday 13th Dover to Guildford

Left our friendly hostess at 9:30 and went to the docks where the ferries come in from France. Had a look around there and could see the white cliffs reasonably well. The weather was cloudy and windy. Did I say windy? It was so windy we nearly got blown back to France!
We had intended to do a cliff top walk but decided it was too windy for that, cold too!
Instead we headed up to see Dover Castle. This is quite interesting as it is entirely intact. Hasn't been destroyed during any wars or set fire to. Apparently Hitler gave instructions not to bomb the place as he thought it might be nice for him to reside in after he won the war!
The castle was quite well set up to show how the old Kings lived, pretty spartan really. It was built by Henry II in 1180.
However, the most interesting part was the Secret Wartime Tunnels. These are are a series of tunnels dug into the chalk cliffs, originally during the Napoleonic wars and extended and modified during the Second World War. It was from these tunnels that the evacuation of troops from Dunkirk was masterminded. A well produced sound and light show described how troops were evacuated from Dunkirk in 1940.
After this it was so cold and windy we couldn't do any more so we hit the road to Guildford. This was an hour and a half trip along the motor ways. We are staying with Ken and Sue whom we have met before and are friends of Dan and Margaret's (Janelle's in-laws)After a cup of coffee we went for a drive to a nearby village of Godalming, a very picturesque place.