Photo taken on a bike ride from Dover to St Margaret's-at-Cliffe.
The flight across the English Channel from Les Barraques (near Calais, France) took 36 and 1/2 minutes.
It was made in a Bleriot Type XI monoplane fitted with a 25-horsepower, 3 cylinder Anzani motor.
Memorial presented by the Aero Club (subsequently Royal Aero Club) whose members included Alexander Duckham and Charles Rolls of Rolls Royce fame.
The location this photo was taken from is marked "P1" on the route map:
Start and end point of cycle ride is the green dot below the "S" near bottom left.
Original map and biometrics at Polar Flow
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Also see Louis Blériot and Crossing the English Channel
Permitted cycle ride under the Coronavirus (Covid-19) lockdown rules.
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