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.
