Dover Harbor

Now that things have settled down a bit and I have a better internet connection, I thought I would go back and give more details about the practice in Dover harbor and, in another post, the swim itself.

Dover harbor is fairly good size. It has room for small fishing boats, cruise ships to dock, ferry boats to Europe, and an area for swimmers. The swim area is between two large walls 2200 meters apart that extend out from the beach. The walls have two large white marks, and the swimmers are not to go past the white mark. Our daily practice was to swim from the beach out to the white marks on one wall, to the white marks on the other wall, and back to the beach. On the last day I took my camera along and got pictures of Natalie, Joni, David, and myself. David wasn't on our relay. He was here to swim the channel solo, which he completed Monday. Congratulations David! As you can see from the pictures we weren't working too hard. You can see Dover Castle in the background on a few of the pictures.







David in Dover harbor last Friday with the wall in the background.












Jim and Natalie in Dover harbor with the white cliffs of Dover in the background.








Natalie in Dover harbor with Dover castle on the hill in the background. The white building directly behind her is the Premier Inn where we stayed.











Joni in Dover Harbor