Seeing as
a) I'm 50% Kentish, as my mum was born in Dover
b) I like the seaside
c) We missed out on Fish & Chips on the last expedition to Kent
I was thinking about another trip to the Garden of England, but this time cheat a bit and get the train out there. Seeing as quite a few people have been to Whitstable, courtesy of the FNRttC, but not gone any further into deepest Kent, I figured that would be a good place to start.
Get the 09.03 from London Victoria to Whitstable, then head out across to Sandwich, and then up the coast to Ramsgate, and then basically cycle along the sea wall all the way around the sea coast through Broadstairs, Margate to Reculver just outside Herne Bay and then pootle back to the station at Whitstable.
The intention being to find a nice place for fish & chips somewhere around Broadstairs.
50 or so fairly easy miles with about 1,000 ft of climbing. The mileage may increase a bit, if I spot there's something interesting to look at slightly off route - like a plane.
The more astute amongst you will realise that to a large extent this mirrors the ride posted in the latest issue of the CTC magazine!
This will be a social ride (think CTC but without the sandals*) at an easy pace, no-one left behind (unless they eat all the ice-cream), etc etc.
This will also be listed on CC.
Any takers?
* I'm not stopping you wearing sandals if you want to, of course.
Edit - changed start point to add a few more miles.