HertzvanRental
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And,pray, what great sights did the great twitit will be my day off,behave
England : Kent Summer Cinque Ports Ride 6th Aug & 3rd Sept
- Thread starter Hill Wimp
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HertzvanRental
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Belay this message!!
I was about to ask what the great twitcher of Deal feasted her bins on today!
- Location
- Next door to Mr Benn at No 54
No, I think the first version of your post would have been correct with the addition of "see today".
OP
OP
Hill Wimp
Fair weathered,fair minded but easily persuaded.
Avocet,sandpipers,a Ruff, curlew and 
lots more.
Oh and found a fab cycle route. More about that after the recce on Monday.
lots more.Oh and found a fab cycle route. More about that after the recce on Monday.
Not off road or muddy right?Avocet,sandpipers,a Ruff, curlew and
Oh and found a fab cycle route. More about that after the recce on Monday.
Stephen Piper
Veteran
- Location
- Romney Marsh, Kent
It's a smooth tarmac road through the bird reserve from Rye Harbour to Winchelsea Beach (nice cafe at Winchelsea Beach). Lots of dog walkers on a Saturday so wont be hitting 35 mph as on this ride: https://www.strava.com/activities/284150609/analysis/858/907
OP
OP
Hill Wimp
Fair weathered,fair minded but easily persuaded.
No not that I could see. It appears tarmac and possibly gravel. I'm doing the whole route on Monday so will update the OP with the terrain. Looking at @Flying Dodo gps map which I have linked in the OP it looks just like the route of the path I saw yesterday.
Just to be clear the cycle path I saw yesterday was NCR 2 I believe between Lydd and Rye. It starts a lot further up but I only saw this part.
Stephen Piper
Veteran
- Location
- Romney Marsh, Kent
Oops wrong bird reserve I was thinking of the Rye reserve to the west of the river Rother. The path from Lydd through Camber is gravel all the way, it starts at Lydd (if heading west) as a well surfaced grit/gravel path but is less well surfaced as you approach Rye, not muddy though.
OP
OP
Hill Wimp
Fair weathered,fair minded but easily persuaded.
Recce ride done on a fabulous day yesterday.
The ride out of Ashford was very simple on a great little cycle path and very quiet roads. Having a local, @Stephen Piper with me was great as i got to check out a bit more of the area including the sound mirrors at Denge @User10571. We couldn't get closer than this but they were still pretty awesome.
Unfortunately my camera seems to have eaten my photos of the day so this is borrowed.
Leaving Ashford we quickly hit the quiet lanes down towards Dymchurch and the coast passing the
lovely 10th century church of St Rumwolds the oldest on the Romney Marsh and then crossing the Royal Military canal.
On arrival in Dymchurch at aroud 11miles we rode up onto the Sea wall for 4miles which is a wide tarmac shared path. We then joined the coast road down to Dungeness and on into Lydd. About 4 miles of this road is quite exposed around the power stations and a bit of a drag but once we entered Lydd we joined the NCR 2 cycle path that was to take us into Rye via Camber for the last 10 miles. For those that dont want to do the path, the road does run parallel. The path starts off as tarmac and goes to fine gravel but the last mile or so we will rejoin the road. We did do all the path yesterday but the quality of the surface just prior to Rye was brain shaking so we will omit that on the day.
Once in Rye we hit the problem of everywhere we went for food stopped serving at 3pm. This included the Ypres Castle. This may be different on a Saturday however.So more work will be done by me to identify a suitable location including the Globe in the Marsh.
All in all i would describe the ride as verynice, flat and that it is like cycling through a nature reserve for much of it. By that i mean plenty of scenery , wildlife and water. We didnt go round the spit at Dungeness though that can be included to see one of the most popular film locations in the country and the £400000 beach shacks. I kid you not.
Currently on at £385000 with Ward and Partners if you're interested.
Final ride date to be decided by the end of the week.
The ride out of Ashford was very simple on a great little cycle path and very quiet roads. Having a local, @Stephen Piper with me was great as i got to check out a bit more of the area including the sound mirrors at Denge @User10571. We couldn't get closer than this but they were still pretty awesome.
Unfortunately my camera seems to have eaten my photos of the day so this is borrowed.
Leaving Ashford we quickly hit the quiet lanes down towards Dymchurch and the coast passing the
lovely 10th century church of St Rumwolds the oldest on the Romney Marsh and then crossing the Royal Military canal.
On arrival in Dymchurch at aroud 11miles we rode up onto the Sea wall for 4miles which is a wide tarmac shared path. We then joined the coast road down to Dungeness and on into Lydd. About 4 miles of this road is quite exposed around the power stations and a bit of a drag but once we entered Lydd we joined the NCR 2 cycle path that was to take us into Rye via Camber for the last 10 miles. For those that dont want to do the path, the road does run parallel. The path starts off as tarmac and goes to fine gravel but the last mile or so we will rejoin the road. We did do all the path yesterday but the quality of the surface just prior to Rye was brain shaking so we will omit that on the day.
Once in Rye we hit the problem of everywhere we went for food stopped serving at 3pm. This included the Ypres Castle. This may be different on a Saturday however.So more work will be done by me to identify a suitable location including the Globe in the Marsh.
All in all i would describe the ride as verynice, flat and that it is like cycling through a nature reserve for much of it. By that i mean plenty of scenery , wildlife and water. We didnt go round the spit at Dungeness though that can be included to see one of the most popular film locations in the country and the £400000 beach shacks. I kid you not.
Currently on at £385000 with Ward and Partners if you're interested.
Final ride date to be decided by the end of the week.
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Stephen Piper
Veteran
- Location
- Romney Marsh, Kent
GPS track of ride, it got a bit 'off road' at times. The ride on the day can be adjusted to suit the conditions and people's equipment.
https://www.strava.com/activities/645276828
https://www.strava.com/activities/645276828
StuAff
Silencing his legs regularly
- Location
- Portsmouth
Only remembered yesterday: contrary to what I posted earlier, only the September date works for me- I'll be in Lancashire on August 6 (Manchester-Morecambe FNRttC).
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User10571
Guest
I'm intrigued.Recce ride done on a fabulous day yesterday.
The ride out of Ashford was very simple on a great little cycle path and very quiet roads. Having a local, @Stephen Piper with me was great as i got to check out a bit more of the area including the sound mirrors at Denge @User10571. We couldn't get closer than this but they were still pretty awesome. View attachment 135343
Unfortunately my camera seems to have eaten my photos of the day so this is borrowed.
Leaving Ashford we quickly hit the quiet lanes down towards Dymchurch and the coast passing the
lovely 10th century church of St Rumwolds the oldest on the Romney Marsh and then crossing the Royal Military canal.
On arrival in Dymchurch at aroud 11miles we rode up onto the Sea wall for 4miles which is a wide tarmac shared path. We then joined the coast road down to Dungeness and on into Lydd. About 4 miles of this road is quite exposed around the power stations and a bit of a drag but once we entered Lydd we joined the NCR 2 cycle path that was to take us into Rye via Camber for the last 10 miles. For those that dont want to do the path, the road does run parallel. The path starts off as tarmac and goes to fine gravel but the last mile or so we will rejoin the road. We did do all the path yesterday but the quality of the surface just prior to Rye was brain shaking so we will omit that on the day.
Once in Rye we hit the problem of everywhere we went for food stopped serving at 3pm. This included the Ypres Castle. This may be different on a Saturday however.So more work will be done by me to identify a suitable location including the Globe in the Marsh.
All in all i would describe the ride as verynice, flat and that it is like cycling through a nature reserve for much of it. By that i mean plenty of scenery , wildlife and water. We didnt go round the spit at Dungeness though that can be included to see one of the most popular film locations in the country and the £400000 beach shacks. I kid you not.
View attachment 135344
Currently on at £385000 with Ward and Partners if you're interested.
Final ride date to be decided by the end of the week.
Your picture of the 200' sound mirror appears to show people in front of it. Tuesday wasn't - to the best of my knowledge - a Sound Mirror open day.
It is pretty much impossible to get that close to the sound mirror without using the (default position - locked) swing bridge.
Who are they?
What are they doing there?
I'm not, for one moment, expecting you to answer that question, but do feel free to use your imagination and make something up.
This is, after all, the internet.
OP
OP
Hill Wimp
Fair weathered,fair minded but easily persuaded.
My new phone lost my pictures so i had to use some i found earlier on the internet. However you can see two of them from the distance of the photographer quite easily. They are next to a nice lake.I'm intrigued.
Your picture of the 200' sound mirror appears to show people in front of it. Tuesday wasn't - to the best of my knowledge - a Sound Mirror open day.
It is pretty much impossible to get that close to the sound mirror without using the (default position - locked) swing bridge.
Who are they?
What are they doing there?
I'm not, for one moment, expecting you to answer that question, but do feel free to use your imagination and make something up.
This is, after all, the internet.
rb58
Enigma
- Location
- Bexley, Kent
Is the date settled for this @Hill Wimp ?
OP
OP
Hill Wimp
Fair weathered,fair minded but easily persuaded.
Thanks for reminding me. A quick count up makes the ride date
Saturday 3rd September.
I will update the OP.
