Margaret's group of seven women on their Pilgrims Way walking holiday/ North Downs Way
Today is sadly quiet as Margaret's group of 7 women, who had all travelled from Australia for a European tour, completed the Pilgrims Way week of their holiday. Joan, one of the senior members of the group at 68 relished the challenge of the 4 day trek. Despite England's soaring temperatures they covered the 45 miles from Rochester Cathedral and reached Canterbury Cathedral on Sunday evening. On their journey along the ancient trackway they visited the neolithic megaliths at Kits Coty, explored the ruins of Thurnham castle, detoured over to Leeds Castle, stoped at he tomb of the bastard son of Richard Plantagenet, walked through the earthworks of Bibury's Iron-age fort and visited the Black Princes Well and the village of Harbledown mentioned in Chaucer's Canterbury Tales.
Everyone in the Inns along the trail enjoyed the company of Margarets group. The picture above captures them at Thurnham Castle only a few minutes after having consumed one of Julie and John's wonderful full english breakfasts at the Black Horse Inn where they stayed the previous night. I only hope they don't take the good weather back to Austarlia with them.
More information about Walk Awhile walking holidays can be found at - Walking the Pilgrims Way
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