Wednesday 12th Dover

We are now in Dover and guess what happened when we got here? It rained! I think the gods of the weather are trying to tell us something.
There was a taxi booked to pick us up at the hotel in Paris at 8am and he arrived 10 minutes early. We were ready, just finishing breakfast, so off to Gare Du Nord station. They advise you to be there 30 minutes early for the Eurostar, but we were two hours early, and we really needed most of that time to go through customs, passport control etc. and to have a cup of coffee. The train left promptly at 10:13 and we arrived at Ashford in Kent at local time 11:07. (One hour time difference) We were in the tunnel only for about 20 minutes so it was hardly noticeable.
Picked up the car, a nice VW Passat wagon, plugged in the TomTom and headed down the motorway to Dover. Decided we would have a look at the white cliffs, but we couldn't see them because by this time the fog had rolled in and it started to rain. I had to buy a new rain jacket because I had left the old one behind somewhere.
It's nice to hear English spoken and not having to worry whether we should be saying Grazia or Merci or whatever.
Then decided we had better find somewhere to stay the night so went to the info centre and they put us on to this B & B which is nice, owner seems the friendly sort. She told us where to go for tea so we walked down to a rustic place on the Marina called Cullen's Yard, an old ship builder's place by the looks of it. Had a pleasant time chatting to the locals and enjoyed a steak and chips. The locals can't believe the weather, it should be warm and sunny, but it isn't.
By the time we had finished, the rain had stopped so it was a pleasant walk home.
Haven't got Wi Fi here so will post it when I can.