Elham Valley Way
22.5 Mile walk from Hythe or Sandling to Canterbury.
I walked from Sandling as I started from the railway station
- the problem was that the CTRL seems to have obliterated the
old access point so I had to had to find an alternate access
round Sandling as the CTRL appeared after the guide was published
- but it makes a nice change for a new railway to appear as
all you see on most OS maps is 'disused/dismantled railway'.
It was a lovely warm April day in 2006 and it really is
a lovely unspoilt and quiet valley (apart from the shuttle terminal
and the tourism of Canterbury). Another gem. Some
of the route is on the trackbed of the old Elham Valley Railway.
Looking back towards Sandling
Etchinghill. Quite a junction - the
E2 and E9 European routes, The Elham Valley Way, The North Downs
Way and The Saxon Shore Way.
Stonebridge Farm between Nth Lyminge and Elham
- old trackbed.
Old store sign
Irresistable
La Via Francigena - apparently a pilgrimage
route from Canterbury to Rome. I saw the waymarker and
have only just looked it up. More info here
more dead railway shenanigans at Kingston
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