De Dash The Pilgrims' Way

The De Dash is approaching, the Hook of Holland - Dunkerque light spin. We thought we'd get some miles in on this side of the channel on our return journey. The rail fares are extortionate from Dover so save a few bob and burn some rubber following in the footsteps of, er, Pilgrims. There was not a lot to do back in the olden days and so Pilgrims spent a great deal of time simply walking about.

The Pilgrims Way makes up a fair distance between Dover and Rochester though some of it may be on the road, or a cycle path or 'off road' but from the mappage available if the going gets muddy and tough it's seems easy to drop down on to quiet backroad.

The path has a branch line to Canterbury. This is a very old city, and a venue for much in the way of goings on from Roman times, its origins going back two thousand years when the first settlement was built to take advantage of the new railway that was passing nearby.

http://www.kent.gov.uk/__data/assets/pdf_file/0019/5833/pilgrims-cycle-trail-web.pdf