St Margaret's at Cliffe, England, United Kingdom Walking |
11.2 miles
This is the route for Steve's 'official' walk.It starts at The Dover Patrol Memorial and the Lunch stop is planned to be taken at the Bleriot Memorial - 24/07/10 was the eve of the 101st anniverasary of Bleriot's first flight across the English Channel.
Deal, England, United Kingdom Walking |
10.5 miles
This section (VIII) is from Deal to Richborough. It is probabbly the flatestsection of the whole SSW, as it goes right beside the Channel, at sea level, from Deal until it turns inland at The Royal St George's Golf Course . We stopped for a pleasant lunch at the George & Dragon, Fisher Street, Sandwich.After lunch we continued on to Richborough Fort - the Roman's gateway to Britain. We then returned to Sandwich railway station.
Dover, England, United Kingdom Walking |
10.6 miles
This section (VII) is from Dover to Deal. This section has more great views of the Channel, Dover Castle and Port. We also visited the Dover Patrol Memorial. Unfortunately, we didn't stop at Tht Bluebird's Tea Room this time as it was too soon after our Lunch stop at the Coastguard Oak at St Margaret;s Bay.
Folkestone, England, United Kingdom Walking |
8.2 miles
This section (VI) is from the western end of Crete Road East at Palmer's Hill above Folkestone to Dover. This section has more great views of the Channel, Folkestone, Dover and all the defence works between. We also visited the Battle of Britain Memorial, which is on the route.Lunch stop was the Royal Oak at Capel-le-Ferne.This is the 'catch-up' walk for the official walk we missed last week.
Badia - Abtei, Trentino-Alto Adige, Italy Walking |
8.9 miles
This is Len & Steve's easy walk along the valley from Pedraces.It goes South via Paths 5 & C1 to La Villa and then to Verda where we crossed the river and returned along path 2.
Badia - Abtei, Trentino-Alto Adige, Italy Walking |
12.3 miles
This is Ken's record of the walk led by John N. that is known as 'The Azalea Round'.Unfortunately, they chose to take the two chair-lifts instead of walking up.So, it's not really a long and doesn't have as much climbing as the statistics show!!!
Folkestone, England, United Kingdom Walking |
8.2 miles
This is section V of our Saxon Shore Way walk. This section is from Sandling Railway Station to the start of Crete Road East at Palmer's Hill above Folkestone. This sectiong has great views of the Channel Tunnel Terminal. Lunch stop was the New Inn at Etchinghill.