A visit to Samphire Hoe - I had seen the signs every time we came back
from the Dover Ferry ports, and it had been on the list of things to explore
when the opportunity arose. As we were in the vicinity and although we had
already walked a bit, it was too good to not take up. We arrived from Dover
(as there is only access from that direction) and take the slip road that
stops at a traffic light. This controls access to the Hoe through a tunnel
that crosses both the Channel tunnel and the rail tunnel, and comes out on the
man-made promontory below the cliffs.
We parked in the main car park and wandered over towards the sea reading the
information signs on the way and looking back towards teh cliffs and the tunnel
entrance
There were two paths - a walk through the parklands/ reserve and the sea wall/
promenade. we set off on the first crossing the parkland to a rise and views
across to Folkestone.
The other side of the rise dropped back to teh end of the Hoe, and the beach.
There was a couple of ponds at teh end that Bertie could not resist.
Down onto the beach and across teh large pebbles to teh water before returning
to the Hoe.
Back to the car park along the sea wall.. a flat(ish) expanse of concrete around
the edge of the Hoe.
The view out to sea from Dover around to Folkstone
On the way back to teh car park we passed this structure ... actually a folly which was supposed to have some sound feature, but this was missing.
Back at the car park we continued on towards the toilets and kiosk, where we gave in to the attraction of ice cream. Then back to the van and the return up the tunnel to the A20 and back to the campsite.
