From all my history lessons and reading of World War II tails I never realised that Dover kept a very big secret within it’s beautiful white cliffs overlooking the English Channel and the west coast of France.
Arriving by train from London Victoria we found ourselves in Dover after about an hour and forty-five minutes. It is one of the few English towns where street signs are posted in English and French. We headed up to the Dover Castle that sits atop the white limestone cliffs. A really interesting medieval castle but even more interesting is that during the Napoleonic wars some ingenius Englishmen dug into the Limestone to create massive underground tunnels. Under the command of Admiral Sir Bertram Ramsey these tunnels were extended. Three miles of tunnels for planning, command, housing and medical facilities fit into this maze. It is quite amazing and the tour is fantastic and I recommend doing it. The Dunkirk evacuation was planned and commanded from here totally in secret.
You can’t take any photos down there and it was a shocking day weather wise so the photos don’t do the place justice. Nonetheless a great day trip.