South Bank Ramblers

Wednesday, 24 August 2022 - ALONG THE CRAB AND WINKLE - CANTERBURY WEST TO WHITSTABLE - 8 miles - Leader: Dudley C

A walk named after the former railway line linking Canterbury and Whitstable.

Lunch: Pub or picnic at Blean. Perhaps a shellfish supper in Whitstable

  

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- Leader at Canterbury Station

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- Leaving Canterbury: view of the Cathedral

  

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· Crab and Winkle Way: genning up on the Arch under the old railway, allowing access to Beverley Dairy farm

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 Some railway history

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- Kent University Campus

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- Leader is confident of the way forward

 

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· Getting lost in the woods at Bream

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· 13th century church of St Cosmus and St Damian.

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· And their picture

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- Church interior

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· Models of new bison arrival

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- Sharing a joke at the lunch stop

 

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· Signposts along the route

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· And along the route

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· Crab logo at Whitstable

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· And the sea…

Photos: Ruth, Dave M