title A Trip to Calais and the Coast, France - 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 upon return there's time for a trip to Dover Castle. imgs-030 Bikes are made ready at stupid o'clock in the morning in the car park of the TravelLodgeInn imgs-028 Spammy, John Willy and Bomber Langon on the ferry imgs-014 Colin, Jill, Pippa and Apple imgs-010 Colin, Jill and Pippa imgs-013 Paul sticks his mug in to the frame imgs-008 Apple John waits on his bike imgs-011 Jill, John "Bomber" Langdon and Jon "Ninja" M imgs-029 Stopping en route for a brief rest and swig 'o' water imgs-031 Stopping for a group photo on the D119 between Calais and Gravelines imgs-003 Wavy, DH, John Willy and The Boy Phil on the sea front imgs-012 DH, The Boy Phil, Paul and John Willy imgs-004 Wavy takes a nap imgs-005 Spam and Alan are on the phone imgs-006 The Boy Phil stops his brain escaping by the back door of his head imgs-007 Milling around on the promenade imgs-009 John Willy somewhat dangerously cycles around with his shirt over his head imgs-015 Moving the goalposts takes on a whole new meaning as the sea eats the football pitch imgs-000 Outside the Sainte Cécile Taverne and Friterie imgs-001 Fort Fillipe high street imgs-002 Massed bikes outside the Sainte Cécile imgs-016 John Willy and Wavy scope out something imgs-017 Wavy, Jon "Ninja" M, DH and The Boy Phil imgs-018 A window looking out from Dover Castle imgs-019 Wavy looks hard standing on some sort of large weapon imgs-020 DH peers down the barrel of a gun (OK, a cannon) imgs-021 DH gives it a bit of the Winston Churchill imgs-022 Looking out over Dover Castle imgs-023 Wandering around on the roof. Colin looks up imgs-024 A castle keep imgs-026 Inside Dover Castle somewhere imgs-027 DH and Jon "Ninja" M look around