DH's van at stupid o'clock in the morning
A BSCC Bike Ride to Gravelines, Pas de Calais, France - 11th May 2000
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.
next album: Wavy's Thirtieth Birthday, The Swan Inn, Brome, Suffolk - 24th May 2000
previous album: A BSCC Bike Ride, Brockdish Greyhound and Hoxne Swan, Suffolk - 4th May 2000
Jill mills around watching the preparations
John Willy gets an early beer in on the ferry
Colin, Jill and Apple do ferry breakfast
A brief pause on the road, just outside Calais
Loads of bikes and panniers
Group photo under the road signs of France
Jill, John 'Bomber' Langdon and Ninja M
Paul sneaks in to the photo
Colin hold on to DH's bike as Ninja M roams around
Apple John on his bike
Hanging out on the seafront
The boys on the beach
The Boy Phil on the beach near Calais
Wavy has a nap
DH, Phil, Paul, John Willy and Bomber Langdon
A goalpost in the sea
John Willy leaps on to Wavy
Spammy and Alan
Wavy wakes up
John Willy cycles with his club shirt over his head
Big Al phones home
Gravelines high street
Outside the Sainte Cécile Taverne and friterie
The 'Sainte Cecile' tavern
DH eats chips
Gravelines high street
Colin smokes a fat one
Massed bikes outside Le Sainte Cecile
The gang eat lunch
A French bar
Pippa and Apple in a bar on the return ferry
Colin, Jill, Pippa and Apple
Tourists mill around
John and Wavy peer up to the top of the cliff
A window overlooking the Channel at Dover Castle
The Boy Phil in the war room tunnels
Wavy stands on some sort of artillery piece
DH looks down the barrel of a very long canon
Walking around the grounds of Dover Castle
DH and Wavy exploring
DH does a 'Winston' from a bridge
A view over the grounds of Dover Castle
The keep of Dover Castle
A room full of stuff
DH and Ninja M roam around
A view over Dover
A view over towards the ferry port and docks
Pam waves from down below
The gang roam around on the top of the keep
Dover Castle and its church
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DH's van at stupid o'clock in the morning
DH's van at stupid o'clock in the morning
Jill mills around watching the preparations
John Willy gets an early beer in on the ferry
Colin, Jill and Apple do ferry breakfast
A brief pause on the road, just outside Calais
Loads of bikes and panniers
Group photo under the road signs of France
Jill, John 'Bomber' Langdon and Ninja M
Paul sneaks in to the photo
Colin hold on to DH's bike as Ninja M roams around
Apple John on his bike
Hanging out on the seafront
The boys on the beach
The Boy Phil on the beach near Calais
Wavy has a nap
DH, Phil, Paul, John Willy and Bomber Langdon
A goalpost in the sea
John Willy leaps on to Wavy
Spammy and Alan
Wavy wakes up
John Willy cycles with his club shirt over his head
Big Al phones home
Gravelines high street
Outside the Sainte Cécile Taverne and friterie
The 'Sainte Cecile' tavern
DH eats chips
Gravelines high street
Colin smokes a fat one
Massed bikes outside Le Sainte Cecile
The gang eat lunch
A French bar
Pippa and Apple in a bar on the return ferry
Colin, Jill, Pippa and Apple
Tourists mill around
John and Wavy peer up to the top of the cliff
A window overlooking the Channel at Dover Castle
The Boy Phil in the war room tunnels
Wavy stands on some sort of artillery piece
DH looks down the barrel of a very long canon
Walking around the grounds of Dover Castle
DH and Wavy exploring
DH does a 'Winston' from a bridge
A view over the grounds of Dover Castle
The keep of Dover Castle
A room full of stuff
DH and Ninja M roam around
A view over Dover
A view over towards the ferry port and docks
Pam waves from down below
The gang roam around on the top of the keep
Dover Castle and its church