A walk along the Sheppey coast from Leysdown to (nearly) Harty, and back along inland bridleways. Very tough going with the pushchair between the 2 and 3 mile mark as the footpath almost gave way to long grass and bushes. At about 4.5 miles, there’s a stone marking the vicinity of Britain’s first powered flight (by a Briton) in 1909.

1 very tight gate for the pushchair, and 3 locked gates requiring lifts. Horses on the bridleway must be good jumpers…

Leysdown Loop at EveryTrail

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Again, the GPS app on my phone crashed about half way out, so this is just the route back. Full walk was therefore 5.4 miles in approximately 2.5 hours – approx 2.1mph – slow!

Passable with a pushchair, but only with a few lifts over fences where the pedestrian gates are too small. Quite hard going with the pushchair in places as the track can get quite narrow so you’re pushing through long grass and over rubble etc.

Harty Ferry towards Conyer (and back) at EveryTrail

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A pleasant walk through the Fowlmead Country Park (built on the slag heaps of a disused coal mine), into Deal, and back, with a stop in the café at the end of the pier for a piece of cake and a cup of tea.

6.2 miles in 2 hours 39 minutes – 2.3mph (time includes the cake and tea stop…)

Fowlmead Country Park to Deal (and back) at EveryTrail

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We actually started on Herne Bay seafront, and walked to Reculver and back, but the GPS app on my phone helpfully crashed half way to Reculver. Total walk was therefore approx 7 miles, in 3.5 hours. We need to speed up

The clifftops between Bishopstone and Reculver have a footpath and a cyclepath. It seems that cyclists get cross at walkers walking on the cyclepath (even though it’s signposted as a footpath).

Herne Bay to Reculver (and back) at EveryTrail

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