title A BSCC Bike Ride to Gravelines, Pas de Calais, France - 11th May 2000 intro It's another of the pub's outings to France, courtesy of cheapo ferry deals in The Sun newspaper: foot crossing for a quid, that sort of thing. We stay at a Travel Inn on the outskirts of Dover the night before, and leave at some ridiculous hour to catch the ferry. Upon arrival at the ferry terminal, Nosher discovers that his passport is back at the hotel, which requires a frantic two-mile pedal back up a ludicrously long and steep hill to retrieve it, and then a break-neck ride back to just about catch the group as they are loading up. Once across the English Channel/La Manche, we cycle along the coast in the general direction of Gravelines for lunch and a few beers, and on return there's time for a trip to Dover Castle. scan-121108-0020 DH's van at stupid o'clock in the morning scan-121108-0021 Jill mills around watching the preparations scan-121108-0022 John Willy gets an early beer in on the ferry scan-121108-0023 Colin, Jill and Apple do ferry breakfast scan-121108-0024 A brief pause on the road, just outside Calais scan-121108-0025 Loads of bikes and panniers scan-121108-0026 Group photo under the road signs of France scan-121109-0001 Jill, John "Bomber" Langdon and Ninja M scan-121109-0002 Paul sneaks in to the photo scan-121109-0003 Colin hold on to DH's bike as Ninja M roams around scan-121109-0004 Apple John on his bike scan-121109-0019 Hanging out on the seafront scan-121109-0028 The boys on the beach scan-121109-0011 The Boy Phil on the beach near Calais scan-121109-0068 Wavy has a nap scan-121109-0014 DH, Phil, Paul, John Willy and Bomber Langdon scan-121109-0015 A goalpost in the sea scan-121109-0069 John Willy leaps on to Wavy scan-121109-0020 Spammy and Alan scan-121109-0021 Wavy wakes up scan-121109-0022 John Willy cycles with his club shirt over his head scan-121109-0067 Big Al phones home scan-121109-0023 Gravelines high street scan-121108-0027 Outside the Sainte Cécile Taverne and friterie scan-121109-0024 The "Sainte Cecile" tavern scan-121109-0025 DH eats chips scan-121109-0026 Gravelines high street scan-121109-0027 Colin smokes a fat one scan-121109-0029 Massed bikes outside Le Sainte Cecile scan-121109-0030 The gang eat lunch scan-121109-0017 A French bar scan-121109-0007 Pippa and Apple in a bar on the return ferry scan-121109-0008 Colin, Jill, Pippa and Apple scan-121109-0010 Tourists mill around scan-121109-0047 John and Wavy peer up to the top of the cliff scan-121109-0009 A window overlooking the Channel at Dover Castle scan-120423-0023 The Boy Phil in the war room tunnels scan-121109-0048 Wavy stands on some sort of artillery piece scan-121109-0061 DH looks down the barrel of a very long canon scan-121109-0062 Walking around the grounds of Dover Castle scan-121109-0063 DH and Wavy exploring scan-120423-0001 DH does a "Winston" from a bridge scan-120423-0002 A view over the grounds of Dover Castle scan-120423-0003 The keep of Dover Castle scan-120423-0004 A room full of stuff scan-120423-0019 DH and Ninja M roam around scan-120423-0020 A view over Dover scan-120423-0021 A view over towards the ferry port and docks scan-120423-0022 Pam waves from down below scan-120423-0025 The gang roam around on the top of the keep scan-120423-0026 Dover Castle and its church