Boston to Fosdyke 12.67 miles
Fosdyke to Spalding 10.29 miles
Walpole Cross Keys to King’s Lynn 12.98 miles
Heacham to Titchwell 11.67 miles
Brancaster Staithe to Wells-Next-The-Sea 11.20 miles
Wells-Next-The-Sea to Blakeney 8.14 miles
Total miles this week 66.95
Total miles to date 3040.94
Maud Foster Windmill, Boston
Boston
Boston
Boston
Boston
Boston
Boston
Boston
Boston to Fosdyke
Boston to Fosdyke
Fosdyke to Spalding
Fosdyke to Spalding
Fosdyke to Spalding
Friendly sheep, Walpole Cross Keys to King’s Lynn
Very free ranging chickens, Walpole Cross Keys to King’s Lynn
Walpole Cross Keys to King’s Lynn
Walpole Cross Keys to King’s Lynn
Walpole Cross Keys to King’s Lynn
View of King’s Lynn from West Lynn along the Lynn Channel/River Great Ouse on the Peter Scott Walk
The Lynn Channel/River Great Ouse , King’s Lynn
King’s Lynn
Heacham to Titchwell
Hunstanton cliffs, a combination of red-brown carstone with a layer of white chalk above. Heacham to Titchwell.
Hunstanton lighthouse, Heacham to Titchwell
Heacham to Titchwell
Heacham to Titchwell
Heacham to Titchwell
Thornham church, Heacham to Titchwell
Brancaster Staithe to Wells-Next-The-Sea
Brancaster Staithe to Wells-Next-The-Sea
Burnham Overy mill, Brancaster Staithe to Wells-Next-The-Sea
Chertsey to Windsor 12.08 miles
Cleethorpes to North Somercotes 14.28 miles
Total miles this week 26.36
Total miles to date 2943.99
Flooded Thames Path National Trail, Chertsey to Windsor
Chertsey to Windsor
Staines. Chertsey to Windsor
Staines. Chertsey to Windsor
Staines. Chertsey to Windsor
Chertsey to Windsor
Chertsey to Windsor
Flooded Thames Path National Trail, Old Windsor
Chertsey to Windsor
Flooded Thames Path National Trail, Chertsey to Windsor
Windsor
Cleethorpes, Lincolnshire
Cleethorpes
Cleethorpes
The Grenwich Meridian line in Cleethorpes is marked by a stainless steel plate which was set into the path in 1933. The granite globe alongside the marker weighs two tons and was designed to be more vandal-proof than previous sculptures.
Thurnham to Lenham 9.58 miles
Lenham to Wye 11.38 miles
Wye to Canterbury 13.01 miles
Kingston upon Thames to Chertsey 11.96 miles
Total miles this week 45.93 miles
Total miles to date 2917.63
A stairway to nothing. Thurnham to Lenham
Thurnham to Lenham
A wood carving of a shepherd with lamb, symbolising the influence of people on the landscape. For thousands of years people have made their homes on the spring-line at the foot of the scarp and their livestock, especially sheep, grazing the chalk hills has kept it free of scrub and led to the mix of grassland and woodland we see today. Thurnham to Lenham.
Thurnham to Lenham
Thurnham to Lenham
On the edge of Lenham was a chalk cross on the hill which commemorates the dead of 2 world wars.
This tiny old building in Lenham was built in the mid 18th century as the workhouse mortuary. It was then used as the parish gaol in the late 19th century, and finally as an air raid shelter (suitably reinforced) in the mid 20th century.
Lenham
Lenham to Wye
Lenham to Wye
Unidentified sunken object. Lenham to Wye.
Lenham to Wye
Lenham to Wye
Lenham to Wye
Orchard. Lenham to Wye.
St Gregory and St Martin’s church, Wye
Wye to Canterbury
Wye to Canterbury
Wye to Canterbury
Wye to Canterbury. This old phone box in Chartham is now a village book swap.
Rustic bench on cycle route 18 alongside the Great Stour river, Wye to Canterbury
Storm damaged trees. Wye to Canterbury.
Whitehall Meadows nature reserve, Canterbury.
Carved picnic area. I love the territorial Coots and the water vole on the table 🙂
Viaduct at Whitehall Meadows nature reserve, Canterbury
Beneath a road bridge, Canterbury
Canterbury
Westgate Gardens, Canterbury, with the site of the Roman Watling Street
Westgate Gardens, Canterbury
Westgate Gardens, Canterbury
Tower House, a medieval bastion constructed to defend Canterbury’s city wall.
Westgate, Canterbury
Statue of Geoffrey Chaucer at Canterbury.
Old building in Canterbury. The lower section is dated AD 1573 and the upper was added in 1698.
Canterbury cathedral
Ceiling detail, Canterbury cathedral
Window detail, Canterbury cathedral
Flooded Thames Path National Trail, Kingston upon Thames to Chertsey
Kingston upon Thames to Chertsey
Detail of Hampton Court Palace gate, Kingston upon Thames to Chertsey
Hampton Court Palace, Kingston upon Thames to Chertsey
Hampton Court Palace, Kingston upon Thames to Chertsey
Great Buckland/Holly Hill to Rochester 9.47 miles
Rochester to Thurnham 10.4 miles
Total miles this week 19.87 miles
Total miles to date 2871.7 miles
Upper Bush, Great Buckland/Holly Hill to Rochester
Great Buckland/Holly Hill to Rochester
Way marker at Upper Bush. Great Buckland/Holly Hill to Rochester
Marker outside English Heritage’s 13th century Temple Manor (which was built by the Knights Templar) in Strood near Rochester
Rochester Bridge
The Catalpa tree outside Rochester cathedral. It’s over 100 years old.
Detail on the door of Rochester cathedral
Rochester cathedral
Entrance to Rochester castle gardens
Where the channel tunnel line briefly emerges. Rochester to Thurnham.
Wood carved figure. Rochester to Thurnham
Lunch stop on a carved bench overlooking a vineyard. Rochester to Thurnham.
At Detling I crossed the busy A249 using Jade’s Crossing. This bridge is named after 8 year old Jade Hobbs who, along with her grandmother Margaret Kuwertz, was killed attempting to cross the road in December 2000. It’s a busy dual carriageway which divides Detling and has very few safe places to cross; numerous people had been killed or injured on this road over the years. After this tragedy, the Hobbs family set up a charity for donations, raising £75,000 towards constructing the footbridge, which was opened in August 2002.
The ruins of Whitehill Tower in the grounds of Tower Farm. “It was built in 1862 by local man Jeremiah Long, supposedly (according to one source) because he wanted to see the sea from the top if it”. I wonder if he ever did. Maybe, as it’s 750ft above sea level.
Dorking to Betchworth 5.39 miles
Betchworth to Merstham 7.19 miles
Total miles this week 12.58
Total miles to date 2817.22
St Barnabas Church, AKA “The Church on the North Downs Way”. It was erected in 1859 in Gothic revival style, 700ft up on Ranmore Common, Dorking, and was the estate church for Denbies.
Denbies vineyard (the largest in England), Dorking
Dorking to Betchworth
Dorking to Betchworth
Dorking to Betchworth
Brockham Limeworks near Betchworth
Betchworth to Merstham
Betchworth to Merstham
The Inglis Memorial on Colley Hill, Reigate. It was donated to the Borough of Reigate in 1909 by Lieutenant Colonel Sir Robert William Inglis. Originally a drinking fountain for horses at the top of the original main route over Reigate Hill. Now a scenic place for ramblers to rest. Betchworth to Merstham.
The ceiling of the Inglis Memorial
View from the Inglis Memorial, Colley Hill, Reigate
A memorial for a World War Two American aircraft crew who died when their B17(G) aircraft, a “flying fortress”, crashed 70 years ago on Reigate Hill. The memorial consists of 2 oak benches carved to resemble the wing tips and placed exactly the distance apart that they would’ve been on the plane.
Reigate Fort, built in 1898 as part of an effort to defend the approaches to London from the perceived threat of a French invasion. It was intended as a “Mobilisation Centre” to gather troops and supplies for the defence of the North Downs, rather than a regular defensive structure, and by 1906 the Government felt it was no longer needed. https://www.britainexpress.com/attractions.htm?attraction=3686&fbclid=IwAR0QLNDg_xmif7-EmP2eDqhqd9ovWYFFwr3bdd7N69r2Bb9fltXm8pq1Zy8
Wednesday 8th to Tuesday 14th January 2020
Due to having a cold I took things easy and kept my mileage low to not stress my body further
Guildford to Shere 5.84 miles
Shere to Dorking 7.5 miles
Total miles this period 13.34
Total miles to date 2804.64
Guildford to Shere
Guildford to Shere
Top of the hill on the North Downs Way National Trail. Guildford.
Guildford to Shere
Guildford to Shere
Shere
Shere to Dorking
Beggars Lane, Abinger Hammer. Shere to Dorking.
Shere to Dorking
Shere to Dorking
One of 3 old fence posts with a decorative top along the North Downs Way. Shere to Dorking.
The 2 fibreglass, painted cows at Denbies vineyard Dorking. Originally from the Surrey Hills Cow Parade, a collection of 60 sited across the Surrey Hills AONB in the summer of 2016 and subsequently auctioned off for charity.
During my R&R break I spent 2 days in the Lake DIstrict before heading back to Surrey
Week 63 – Wednesday 11th to Tuesday 17th December 2019
Week 64 – Wednesday 18th to Tuesday 24th December 2019
Week 65 – Wednesday 25th to Tuesday 31st December 2019
Week 66 – Wednesday 1st to Tuesday 7th January 2020
Total miles this period 5.5
Total miles to date 2791.3
Buttermere to Crummock Water. The Lake District, Cumbria
Crummock Water. The Lake District, Cumbria
Crummock Water. The Lake District, Cumbria
St James Church, Buttermere. The Lake District, Cumbria
A memorial to Wainwright in St James Church, Buttermere
The wrought iron ‘Shepherd’s Gate’, at the entry to St James Church, Buttermere
Buttermere, Cumbria
Buttermere to Borrowdale
Part of Castlerigg Stone Circle near Keswick, “one of the most visually impressive prehistoric monuments in Britain, and is the most visited stone circle in Cumbria”