Time passed quickly. Chu Long and Brooke left the town and walked ten miles along the British Channel to the White Cliffs of Dover, a famous scenic spot in the British Empire. Chu Long looked at this spectacular white cliff and really felt
The magic of the ocean and its uncanny "craftsmanship". Brooke said: "This white cliff is deposited by the remains of countless tiny single-cell marine plankton, and its main component is soft calcium carbonate."
Chu Long was not surprised at all that Brooke knew this. Brooke and his younger brother came from Birmingham. Brooke's younger brother was studying at the University of London. Since he was not interested in school, he entered the society prematurely. He worked for his younger brother while working.
During the holidays, my brother and his brother Brooke mostly worked together at Mr. Selter's hotel. Occasionally, they would share the knowledge they had learned with Brooke, including the geographical environment and history of the small town of Dover.
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Brooke told Chulong that his brother had told him: "For people in the British Empire, the White Cliffs of Dover have become a symbol of the country. They have witnessed every threat of force from the European continent since ancient times.
It was the last memory of people saying goodbye to Great Britain, and it was also the first impression of Britain that people from all over the world had when they came here.”
Looking at this masterpiece of nature, Chu Long felt that the beauty of the White Cliffs of Dover lies in its naturalness, without any trace of artificial carving. It can be imagined that the uniqueness and shock can be best experienced by taking a boat on the sea and looking far away:
Beautiful sea views and white cliffs, the busy docks of Dover, and sometimes the French Territory.
Brooke came over and looked at Baiya and said melancholy: "When my brother came last time, he said that because of the fragile texture of Baiya, the faults on the seashore are weathered every year on average, and sometimes there will be major collapses. In addition, there may be wars here at any time.
Devastated, I don’t know if I can survive in the future!”
"Yes, the white cliff is like a work of art created by the Creator and will not be easily damaged." Chu Long looked at the white cliff and thought that if humans do not destroy nature, natural landscapes like this should be preserved for a long time.
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Here, Brooke took a few photos of Chu Long with the white cliff as the background, and asked tourists who appeared nearby to give the two of them a view of the vast sea and the white cliff to capture this moment.
Brooke turned around and led Chu Long towards the cliff. From a distance, Chu Long saw Dover Castle standing proudly on the white cliff. Chu Long and Hunter quickly walked closer. From here, it was clear that
See how busy the port is.
Chu Long and Brooke walked to the center of the castle, where a huge tower stood. Brooke found Chu Long looking at the giant tower and introduced: "This giant tower was built successively by Henry II and his successors.
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Brooke looked at the side of the castle, pointed to the towering lighthouse there and said: "There are two 24-meter-high Roman lighthouses in Dover, and this is one of them." After finishing speaking, he looked at Chu Long who was looking at the castle.
Said: "Chu Long, this castle in Dover is responsible for the defense of Dover now and in the past. That is to say, there is no war breaking out now. If it is wartime now, this is a military important place and it is strictly prohibited to visit.
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Chu Long noticed a group of tall soldiers walking around Dover Castle. He looked at Brooke and asked, "Are they responsible for patrolling?"
"They are soldiers from the 2nd Battalion of the West Kent Regiment. They often patrol here, but they are not stationed here." Brooke looked at Dover Castle and said again to Chu Long: "But even if there is no one stationed here to guard, there is no one stationed here.
Entering the castle is forbidden."
"It's a pity that we didn't have the opportunity to visit!" Chu Long looked at the castle and shook his head.
On the way back, due to the terrain, when Chu Long looked down from above, he found an independent and gorgeous manor in the distance on the outskirts of the town of Dover. He curiously asked Brooke beside him: "
Who owns such a large estate?"
Brooke looked along the place where Chu Long said, "Oh, the manor you mentioned is the manor of the president of the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst, called Roberts Manor. However, under normal circumstances, few people come there, only
Some servants live there and do the cleaning."
"Brooke, do you know that manor well?"
"They often have servants come to town to buy supplies, and many people in town know about it." Brooke's meaning was obvious. They often come to town, and it's hard to understand.
After hearing this, Chu Long nodded. He and Brooke slowly walked down the mountain, admiring the white cliffs, this outstanding work of art of nature.
In two days, Brooke took Chu Long around Dover and took photos in some places as souvenirs. For Chu Long, these photos were not only the "first" souvenir of Dover, but also
This is the real "first" impression of Dover. After all, before, I was holed up in a hotel in a state of chaos, so how could I have the heart to observe Dover!
Time flies, and the years pass by inadvertently. It has been half a year since Chu Long came to the "Rock" Hotel. During this six months, Chu Long has successively taught the bartenders the preparation methods of ten cocktails that he can remember.
More tourists came. In half a year, Chu Long had a deeper understanding of Dover, and Chu Long also got to know more people.
Chu Long sometimes has nothing to do and likes to walk around the entire town of Dover. Dusk is the moment when the sun is about to turn down the night. For some reason, it always seems to give people a feeling of loneliness and loneliness. Walking to the pier
On the way, he looked at the people coming and going. Chu Long thought about what he had learned about the small town of Dover in the Empire where the sun never sets during this period. Dover is located in Kent County in southeastern England. Kent County is known as "
"Garden of England".
As Chu Long walked, he looked at this familiar yet "strange" town. The familiarity was the knowledge he had gained over the past six months, and the "strange" was the fact that there was still no news about his original relatives and friends. Walking alone on the street, looking at the surrounding shops, the
An endless stream of people came in and out. In the blink of an eye, the sky gradually darkened, there were fewer pedestrians on the street, and the lights in the surrounding shops turned on. When we arrived at the pier, a light night fog shrouded the sea.
From a distance, the scattered barges driving on the sea looked very blurry, with only little black shadows moving. The sound of the engines on the small steamers was carried by the fresh evening breeze.
Chu Long walked on the pier. At the end of the pier, the lighthouse's tower light emerged in the night fog. He came to the door of the lighthouse and gave the lighthouse keeper 10 shillings, telling him that he wanted to see Dover at night from a height.
We walked into the small town. Far from the top of the lighthouse, the small houses were like seagulls' nests, the boats were like beetles, and the people walking on the street looked like dots of sunspots.?
Standing on the lighthouse, Chu Long discovered that there were small and simple houses in a remote location less than 200 meters away from the port. There were large lights on there, and the voices were unusually vivid now that the sky was darkening.
Chu Long often walked on the pier at night, knowing that there was a tavern for fishermen and sailors who came off the ship. They often played cards, drank wine, chatted and farted.
Chu Long walked off the lighthouse and looked at the lighthouse emitting light under the night. He thought to himself that he was like a ship drifting on the sea at night, a lighthouse on the dark night harbor. There is only one bright light telling you where the end point is, but
The lighthouse did not illuminate the entire night. You still need to reach the end of the long night on your own. And this ship of yours needs the lighthouse in the night to guide you how to walk in this troubled world.