Along the Cliffs

The last weekend was a long one. As the weekend approached I made grandiose plans of being “productive”. This usually involves having visions of being extremely creative and doing unbelievably clever things. Along with my visions I had made plans with a friend to hike from Dover to Deal. As I wasn’t involved too much with the planning and organizing, it turned out to be well planned.
Me, my arguably better half, my friend and two of his friends drive to Dover in a hired car. Ten others joined us in an empty car park in Dover. Most of us were all set with the proper hiking gear, along with one girl who thought heels were made for hiking. She was arguably the funniest sight all morning. This was later easily beaten when we saw that the path was filled with slush from heavy rains the previous day.
The view, standing on the white cliffs of Dover was unparalleled. On the horizon was the French coast some 25km away. Most of the walk was barely 2 metres from the edge of the cliff which made it rather more interesting.
Apart from the 3 of us (Me, the wife and my friend) the rest of group was mostly Chinese, which meant that all communiqués were in traditional Chinese. Not much of a problem for me as I usually tend not to speak in Chinese while walking. By lunch we were in the quiet village of St.Margaret’s, where we planned to stop for lunch. The Chairman among the Chinese had decided not to stop for delicious hot lunch and continued walking. As the Chairman knew the area well, the rest of us presumed that the lunch stop was just round the corner and continued walking. We soon realised that there wasn’t going to be any lunch. This resulted in some very upset and hungry ladies. The men married to any of the ladies were obviously mauled to near death; some even contemplated jumping off the cliff to avoid prosecution. The unmarried ones (the Chairman was, obviously) got away scot free. Much rest, two apples and a bag of crisps later, we continued walking and taking in what was more of the stunning landscape.