Queues at the castle

• howard mcsweeney1

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  26 May 2013     18:47230969
  #1      
  the scene just after 11 am, going by previous experience it would take between an hour and 2 hours to get in so i left it.
  
  later on about 2 pm i was told that the queue was about 3 times that length, this happens every time there is a special event and to a lesser extent on a weekday when a cruise liner is in.
  
  english heritage seem to keep staff numbers at the lowest possible level to cut costs whilst having the cheek to raise admission prices.
  
  
  

  

  
  
  

  
• Guest 640

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  27 May 2013     06:41231001
  #2      
  Oh dear ! Good pictures there Howard..they say it all.
  I wouldnt fancy joining the tail end of that queue. No sirreee..
  I dont know how the elderly would manage it..no seats or anything..guess they are not wanted.
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• Guest 710

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  27 May 2013     11:54231018
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  The Storming at the Castle
  
  I'm an easy going fellow
  pleasant, as a rule
  with age I've grown mellow
  and yet, nobody's fool
  
  A family man, a granddad
  a student of life still
  a bit of a stoic, I might add
  but today, I'd ruddy kill
  
  We'd long set the time aside
  the Castle to assail
  so much to ogle at inside
  but alas, to no avail
  
  We stand and we anticipate
  we wait and wait, we grow irate
  our navel's we do contemplate
  but see no sign of Castle gate
  
  Surely somebody can
  a calendar peruse
  its not beyond the wit of man
  to foresee the queues
  Ignorance is bliss, bliss is happiness, I am happy...to draw your attention to the possible connectivity in the foregoing.
• howard mcsweeney1

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  27 May 2013     12:42231022
  #4      
  summed the situation up perfectly tom, apparently even worse today up there.
• Guest 743

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  27 May 2013     18:24231034
  #5      
  Passed about 12.30 and like you said Howard the ques where extreame I really felt for thoses queuing in this heat
• Guest 696

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  27 May 2013     18:28231036
  #6      
  Went today to the Castle and there was no queue to get in.
  I was the only person passing through.
  Which gate to you guys use?
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• howard mcsweeney1

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  27 May 2013     19:08231041
  #7      
  there is only one entrance for pedestrians alex, i would imagine that you used those steps intended to be an exit.
• Guest 673

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  27 May 2013     19:16231043
  #8      
  Didn't know that, Howard. The last I went was a couple of years ago with my granddaughters, seen here on the steps leaving. We entered by the lower entrance without problem, although as a Friend of Dover Castle there was no charge anyway.
  
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• howard mcsweeney1

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  27 May 2013     19:21231047
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  you still need to be booked in and get a ticket and stick on badge ed, a while back we went by car and there was a big queue at the visitors centre so we just tried to carry on without booking in and we got stopped and had to join the queue.
• Guest 696

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  27 May 2013     19:24231048
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  I always enter via the steps, Howard.
  That's why they have a ticket office there.
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• howard mcsweeney1

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  27 May 2013     19:31231052
  #11      
  that kiosk is for car drivers and passengers hence the traffic lights alex.
  
  i thought the guard sheep at the bottom were there to stop trespassers.
  
  
  

  
• Guest 696

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  27 May 2013     19:34231054
  #12      
  Well I've always gained entry, Howard!
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• Guest 696

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  27 May 2013     19:42231056
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  There were tents and booths today all over the Castle premises manned some by British soldiers, some by German soldiers.
  
  Large crowds were seen gathered in front of the German soldiers, who were explaining away and showing off their uniforms.
  As the throngs looked on in wonder listening to a German officer explaining military tactics on the field, I noticed an abandoned NAAFI truck... yum!
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• Keith Sansum1

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  27 May 2013     20:09231058
  #14      
  shame if they not getting there act together
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• howard mcsweeney1

  • Location: Dover
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  29 May 2013     15:28231396
  #15      
  let's hope this school trip managed to get into the castle in reasonable time, they were heading up there about 11 a.m.