Really not very up and down. We were well rested in the Cathedral Gate Hotel last night. Probably the last accommodation of some standard we shall use. A quirky place no en suite and the shower in a cupboard at least has minimal chance of falls. No room to fall. Thanks ancient Oak beams and sloping stairways more than compsate. We are starting gently with 2 days to Dover, as Jane is accompanying us on the first stages and is only a couple of months past her second hip replacement.
St Mary’s Patrixbourne
Aylsham Road Cemetery a pleasant place for lunch and with water, for flowers, and toilet facilities claiming daily inspection. Fortunately the residents don’t use them so they are clean if neglected.
11 miles across the North Downs sees us in Shepherds Well a little dormitory village. This is halfway to Dover and Jane has done well. The plan is two nights is Dover so we get on a train which arrives only 5mins after we get to the station. There is a pub opposite the Dover station the ladies need facilities and we fall gratefully though the door. Hopefully in a couple of weeks time we will regard 11miles as an easy day.
