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Reading XLIV and XLV
Yes I know I haven't reviewed XLIII yet - there is a reason... Watch this space.
XLIV: Alan Sillitoe and Fay Godwin, The Saxon Shore Way: From Gravesend to Rye (1983)
Or the loneliness of the long distance hiker.
An account of a walk I want to do, although I'm not sure I'll do the eighteen mile sections he does. Impressive. Although there are a couple of point where he seems to catch a train, which is cheating. It'll be interesting to see what has changed in twenty-five years - I must try and replicate Godwin's photographs - and what has survived. One thing I note is he only gets to Rye, not Hastings (although the sign at Kelmsley only points to Gravesend and Rye). I note he tends to take the route nearest the sea - so he follows the coast not the hills at Folkestone (on my Explorer map the exact lower route is not clear until the canal). I worry by the amount of wall climbing he does.
You've got to admire someone who writes "I find and enjoy, on my zigzag perambulations, no fewer than three secondhand bookshops - always the mark of an interesting town."
But he would find it interesting today?
There are odd route maps - the walk is shown as straight on strips. I've seen these for cycling and surely a left or right turn is necessary for navigation? But I'm glad I stumbled upon this.
XLV: The Stour Valley Way (1995)
An account of a 51 1/2 mile route from Lenham to - well I'd better not give away the twist - at the end of Pegwell Bay you have to come back on yourself. This means that the walk from Upstreet to Pegwell Bay needs to factor in a three mile return to Sandwich.
Again, two books in one, and it may be that I test the water proofness of it at Wye tomorrow. It may be more Stour than Valley. I don't quite get the mileages - Wye to here is about twelve miles, but if you add up the segments it's 16. I hope to get as far as Chartham. The extra two hours (which looks flat) may be too much.
XLIV: Alan Sillitoe and Fay Godwin, The Saxon Shore Way: From Gravesend to Rye (1983)
Or the loneliness of the long distance hiker.
An account of a walk I want to do, although I'm not sure I'll do the eighteen mile sections he does. Impressive. Although there are a couple of point where he seems to catch a train, which is cheating. It'll be interesting to see what has changed in twenty-five years - I must try and replicate Godwin's photographs - and what has survived. One thing I note is he only gets to Rye, not Hastings (although the sign at Kelmsley only points to Gravesend and Rye). I note he tends to take the route nearest the sea - so he follows the coast not the hills at Folkestone (on my Explorer map the exact lower route is not clear until the canal). I worry by the amount of wall climbing he does.
You've got to admire someone who writes "I find and enjoy, on my zigzag perambulations, no fewer than three secondhand bookshops - always the mark of an interesting town."
But he would find it interesting today?
There are odd route maps - the walk is shown as straight on strips. I've seen these for cycling and surely a left or right turn is necessary for navigation? But I'm glad I stumbled upon this.
XLV: The Stour Valley Way (1995)
An account of a 51 1/2 mile route from Lenham to - well I'd better not give away the twist - at the end of Pegwell Bay you have to come back on yourself. This means that the walk from Upstreet to Pegwell Bay needs to factor in a three mile return to Sandwich.
Again, two books in one, and it may be that I test the water proofness of it at Wye tomorrow. It may be more Stour than Valley. I don't quite get the mileages - Wye to here is about twelve miles, but if you add up the segments it's 16. I hope to get as far as Chartham. The extra two hours (which looks flat) may be too much.
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You might also want to take a look at the book Godwin did with Richard Ingrams on Romney Marsh and the Royal Military Canal (I've kind of conflated that and the Saxon Shore Way in my head).
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