The Anonymous Widower

The Dunkirk Signs

Several times now, I’ve taken the Norfolk Line ferry from Dunkirk to Dover.  Sometimes I’ve been late and have hurried along the coastal motorway, but yesterday I was on time and didn’t particularly push it.

There is a problem with the signs.  At one point, Dunkirk was showing as fourteen kilometres away and I had 107 miles on the odometer.  When I got to the port, the figure was 126 miles.

That means that the port was almost 30 kilometres not 14 or sixteen more than the signs for Dunkirk said.

So be careful.

Note – To convert miles to kilometres multiply by 1.609344.  1.6 is usually good enough for an estimate.  I hope you learned your 16 times table at school!

August 8, 2009 - Posted by AnonW | Transport/Travel | Dunkirk, Ferry