Thursday 27th July 2017   11:27

Sandwich to New Romney

39.98 miles

This seemed my longest day so far despite my late start.  I had looked around Sandwich a little and then set off on rough coastal path

Having an initial thought of using the main national cycle routes to plan my journey it was becoming clear that these often chose routes away from the coast as they were quieter, quicker or easier.  This meant that so far I had not had long stretches by the sea – however today I was very much by the coast and it set my mind to stay as close to the coast as I could on any cycle track or road.  I passed through Deal, had a wonderful if challenging ride up into Dover with spectacular views of the castle and port. Folkestone, Hythe, Dymchurch eventually led me into New Romney at 21:36 – sustained by some pizza from some guys in the previous campsite when I found out it didn’t accept overnight campers with tents !