White Cliffs Country
Yesterday I was up at Deal, because it is where our walkers finish up when they walk the White Cliffs Walking Tour - see httpwww.walkawhile.co.uk . Its a really great day's walk because between Dover and Deal you pass both Walmer and Deal castles, which form part of the coastal defences established by Henry VIII. Of course, no tour of England is complete without a visit to the White Cliffs of Dover, which are quitessentially symbolic of England and its history of defence and conquest throughout the ages. Our walkers have the opportunity to tour of Dover Castle and visit the WWII Command Centre where Churchill commanded the evacuation of Dunkirk.
A days walking takes one along the White Cliffs Country Trail and includes a visit to the cliff tops and a walk down into the quaint smuggling village at St Margarets at Cliffe. Close by is the South Foreland lighthouse where Marconi conducted his early experiements with radio. One can then walk on along the tops of the cliffs to Deal via the fishing village of Kingsdown.
Goodbye to Caspar and Rachael from Norway.
At the week-end Caspar and Rachael who were over on a walking holiday from near Oslo, finished their walk along the Pilgrims Way. They had plenty of energy and finished each days walking well ahead of time and had also done a fair share of background reading before they commnenced their journey. Racheal is a big Jane Asusten fan so she particularly enjoyed exploring the grounds of Godmersham Park, which is probably the grandest of the houses where Jane Austen often stayed, when she kept house for her brother Edward. Caspar and Rachael have said I could include a picture of them outside the Lenham Tithe Barn. Further details about Walk Awhile walking holidays can be found at Walk Awhile Walking Holidays
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