We set off in the pouring rain from Greenhithe village at
9.50 am. It’s a very pretty place – lots
of old houses with Dutch gables and a pub at each end of the high street –
ideal.
We eventually found the footpath by the river which crossed
Swanscombe marshes. There was no-one
around except the birds and it would have been lovely if the weather was
better. We had our packed lunch as we
walked along (cheese rolls and hot cross buns – thank you Sheila!).
We had to head inland and finally found a pebbly path that
led the way. We shouldn’t have
complained about that as it was far better than what we were about to
encounter. The track we joined that
would take us back to the road was thick mud all the way. We could see a couple of workmen in yellow
jackets up ahead and were wondering what they would think of us being out in
these conditions, when we didn’t have to be.
As we drew level, we realised that the man with the laptop computer
wasn’t going to say a word, so we both yelled “hello” to him!
Back on the road, we passed Northfleet and Gravesend
football ground and then another industrial estate. This one was a little more exciting as we had
to walk through the Blue Circle
It was here that we had our first view of Gravesend . Back onto the banks of the river and we had a
very clear view of Grays on the other bank.
I’m not sure if that’s a good thing though.
By 12.30 pm, we had reached our destination for the day – Gravesend . The one
thing we had to find (apart from postcards!) was the statue of Pocahontas which
we did easily – she’s by the Tourist Information Centre!
Everything was shut so we had a wander around to find
somewhere to have lunch and discovered the first sign for the Saxon Shore Way Kent
to Rye in Sussex
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