Shore LEAVE
STORM ALEX WAS on the way, and we were booked to stay at Kingsdown International Camping Centre, roughly halfway between Dover and Deal, on the gorgeous Kent coast.
After gazing back at those famous white cliffs from the deck during many a ferry crossing, I was looking forward to getting closer and walking on the clifftops, but the storm was threatening to put paid to my long-cherished plans.
However, I have never been one to let a little storm get in the way! Armed with hot chocolate, cold beers, cards and board games, my husband and I arrived at the campsite on a grey Saturday.
“Just look at that amazing view!” I said. “You really can see all the way across the Channel to France.”
“Just look at that mud!” groaned my husband. “I’m not sure how we’ll get back out of this field.”
Views over the Channel
We were pitched in splendid isolation at the far end of the site, looking out over the English Channel and yes, we could just make out Calais 20-odd miles away.
Kingsdown – which
