It may take a while before we see bluebirds over the white cliffs of Dover.
He crashlanded in Northfall Meadow on the famous white cliffs of Dover 37 minutes later at 5.12am.
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Think of the port and the white cliffs and you think of freedom and victory over tyranny.
The white cliffs of Dover are to get their own writer-in-residence who has been commissioned to explore their impact on British identity.
The train pops out into the fresh air about 20 minutes later: no white cliffs of Dover, no duty-frees or happy landings to punctuate the journey.
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"No-one has dared to propose a wind farm on the white cliffs of Dover yet, " said Angela Kelly who sees the farms as ravaging the British landscape.
The cliffs were further embedded in the national psyche during World War II following the evacuation of troops from Dunkirk and Dame Vera Lynn's famous song, The White Cliffs of Dover.
Coastguard cottages perch on the high ground to its west and, to its east, the white cliffs of the Seven Sisters are strung out like a line of washed and pegged sheets.
"For millions of Britons living across the world, the white cliffs are a clear symbol of Britain, in much the same way that the Statue of Liberty has defined America, " he said.
The appeal was supported by singer and World War II forces sweetheart Dame Vera Lynn who is famous for her wartime classic song (There'll Be Bluebirds Over) The White Cliffs of Dover.
For those who want to own images that showcase the star's famously pronounced cheekbones--described by one admirer as, "The greatest calcium deposits since the White Cliffs of Dover"--there are 106 glamour shots taken by chief RKO photographer Ernest Bachrach in the 1930s.
The park stretches from Winchester in Hampshire to Eastbourne in East Sussex, and includes woodland, heathland, downlands and the white chalk cliffs at Beachy Head.
Further east more dramatic cliffs beckon: the day walk (12km) from Alfriston to Eastbourne rollercoasters over the Seven Sisters, a series of chalk-white, up-down cliffs that would make Dame Vera Lynn burst into song.
The tide was high, and for a hundred feet away from the shore, the water appeared to be the colour of green milk, the waves having sluiced chalk from the foreshore and cliffs, which stained the sea white.
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