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"They are also the first place where the sun rises in the UK in winter," says Wiltshire. "This makes them the first place in the UK to greet the New Year."
That's what I wrote in my Eastern Heights article of June 2011:
"The sun rises over the English Sea and illuminates the British Isles, starting at Eastern Heights."
In another article, I also explain the meaning of Albion: it originates from Dover, but not from the Latin Albus, which by coincidence means white.
The name is of Celtic origin, and Scotland is called, in Gaelic: Alba.
Many of Dover's White Cliffs secrets have been revealed on my two blogs, so anyone wanting to know the secrets of Dover, and their connection to Britain, need only visit these pages.
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