Weather: fine, warm, still
Distance: 24.0 km ( 14.9 miles)
Total Distance: 2099.5 miles
I parked the car in back streets some
half mile from the station and wandered through the town of Faversham again. It was much quieter today than the previous afternoon. The walk proper started by the local brewery
and then along a nice path by the river followed by a bit of a detour inland around some
light industry and then back to the river proper.
Once out of the town I walked around Ham
Marshes on reasonably goods river embankment.
Up the next river inlet took me past a number of shipyards and
marinas. Then down to the Swale estuary
again and mile after mile of sea defences.
I passed a team of workman from the newly formed Environment Agency,
repairing the wall at one stage, or should I say, taking time out to throw
stones in the sea, the stones they should have been putting in the wall.
At Conyer, I came up the creek through
an orchard and had lunch in the pub. The
sandwiches were pretty poor on stale or just thawed bread. The place was under new management and an Alsatian puppy was doing its best to cause havoc. The local trouble maker came in trying to
sell earrings to earn a bit of money, but the barmaid was having none of it!
Then it was back down the creek on the
west side, more sea defences. The
weather was warm and still which meant that every time I went past a Hawthorn
bush I got attacked by flies, in the hair, mouth and eyes, a particularly
unpleasant experience.
Getting closer towards Sittingbourne the path and scenery got shabbier. The
Milton Creek offered views of the power station and paper works and associated
smells. I kept to the creek for as long
as I could and was then forced inland along mile after mile of industrial
estate. From this angle Sittingbourne looked a dismal sort of place.
I got the train back to Faversham and
then drove back to Coventry.
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