Leaving Dover on a bitterly cold December morning, we warm up with a steep climb to the Western Heights and explore The Drop Redoubt (1804), part of the extensive defences to protect the port against a French invasion. Although the […]

It’s farewell to the North Sea as I pick my way around the fishing boats, nets and equipment stacked along the beach at Deal. The English Channel will be my companion for the next few months. The sunrise struggles to

It’s a beautiful, warm morning as we stroll past hundreds of boats moored in Ramsgate Marina, a gleaming mix of vibrant colours. My wife, Jude, has joined me, and we will spend most of the day circling the Sandwich and

Today marks a change of plans. The Saxon Shore Way heads inland. Given my new ambition to walk the entire coastline of Britain (don’t laugh), I’m taking the Viking Coastal Trail and rejoining the Saxon Shore Way at Sandwich. There

Faversham is still asleep as I pick up the trail again from the town pump on a beautiful, clear, crisp November morning. I am excited at the prospect of tracking down traces of one of my childhood Hammer horror film

The sun shines as I make my way along the eastern side of Milton Creek, giving me a dubious opportunity to view the recycling plants on the opposite bank for a second time. The track is easy to follow and

It is a fitting day to explore more marshes, under heavy grey skies and horizontal rain. A good test of my new wet weather gear. The “touch sensitive gloves” immediately fail to get my iPhone to respond. So much for

As my knee tendons still complain about the previous walk, today will be a gentle stroll round the Medway towns. I head straight for the bookshop spotted last week only to find “The way is shut.” They defeated Sauron but

A princess wishes me good speed as I start the Saxon Shore Way. Only 163 miles to Hastings! Several piers extend out over the grey mudflats of the Thames Estuary. Not very enticing. A burst of colour catches my eye