So my ride was actually yesterday. I had no intentions of going nearly 50 miles- but with no other commitments and desperately wanting peace & quiet and some fresh coastal air. I decided late on Monday to plan a route for around 30 miles.
I set off, mainly making the route from memory. I was pretty impressed with my fitness as when I had finished, I still felt like I could do more, and it was mainly being sun/wind beaten for a few hours. I set out at 9am ish, was cycling to The Pilot by 11, not realising the restaurant didn't open till 12, so I had an hour of resting which was nice and quiet.
My food came just after 12 and I was quite keen at this point to get going and not get too cold - I set off again around 12:50 to head onto Rye, through the usual Jury's Gap cycle path. It was pretty hot still as I was heading into nearly 20 celsius heat!
Got to Rye and decided to get off at Hamstreet instead and cycle home to Hothfield to add a few more miles in. It was a slow plod, but, still enjoyable! Got home and Strava had messed up a little doing me out of around 3 miles. Ultimately, I did 48.9 in the end!! I tried to take some photos....Camera on the phone isn't brilliant!
I am also pretty pleased I went on my own, I am a very sociable person, but increasingly finding much more enjoyment in my own company?! I hope you enjoy the photos and the church in question is St Mary in the Marsh - very pretty church x
Was being blown all over the road at one point, and it was a bit of a struggle to keep the bike in a straight line. 
