Friday, 20 June 2003
Coastwalk
Lydd → Hythe, Kent
![[Dungeness]](../../images/2003/06/dungeness/dungeness-thumb.jpg)
![[Romney Bay]](../../images/2003/06/romney-bay/romney-bay-thumb.jpg)
Distance: 18.4 miles
Ascent: 341 metres
Duration: 6 hours 5 minutes
Turning north again
« Rye | Folkestone »
For a long time I'd been saving the Dungeness → Hythe section so that I could walk it in the company of friends. A good length walk along the beach, and a steam train ride back to the car. It seemed like the perfect place to celebrate completing my thousandth mile of coast. But a combination of frustration from not reaching Dungeness on Monday and a desire to crack on meant that I walked the entire section today after reaching Dungeness from Lydd.
And I'm glad I did: it was a tedious, dull walk.
Sunday, 15 June 2003
Coastwalk
Rye → Lydd
![[Camber Sands]](../../images/2003/06/camber-sands/camber-sands-thumb.jpg)
Distance: 10.4 miles
Ascent: 122 metres
Duration: 3 hours 43 minutes
Next stop: Kent
« Hastings | Hythe, Kent »
Time to polish off another county. Somewhere between the coast and Lydd I crossed from East Sussex to Kent, and with it began the final stages of the south coast.
(I chose not to walk the foreshore from Camber to Dungeness, scared off by unintelligable, inconsistent warning signs on the firing range noticeboards. Instead therefore of finishing today's walk in Dungeness, I had to start out on a long inland detour via Lydd where I stopped.)