Day 3 - Wye to Folkestone

 So long walk - ended up being 14 miles. I’m not sure if this was because the WalkAwhile service misrepresented the mileage, I misread it, or what. Also Fran tweaked her knee a bit and was in some pain the last 4 or 5 miles. It’s all turned out OK but, as I said, a long day. Here are some pictures:

We started the day with a hot breakfast at the New Flying Horse Inn (in Wye). This is a great pub with rooms. If you ever go to Wye stay here. Great beer (it’s a free house - not tied to a specific brewery), amazing food, and really nice rooms.

We started the day with a walk though the Wye church grave yard and then off into a spooky wood.  Much of todays walk though, was ridge running - staying high above the fray.  

The sheep and cows are still in the high country and we ran into our share. We walked through several herds and flocks. They mostly ignored us.

Conveniently the Tiger Inn of Stowting was at the halfway point of our walk. We had a half pint of ale and cider but didn’t eat lunch here. Not sure why other than neither of us were hungry (see above about breakfast at the Now Flying Horse). This is a charming pub and if I’m ever in the area I will stop back.

The trail continued through the highlands and meadows until you could see the English Channel and France! We then descended over bridges, through woods, and abandon railway tunnels.

14 miles and 6 hours after we started we ended above Folkestone, again looking at the English Channel and France, waiting for a cab to take us into town.

After a much needed shower we found an OK Italian restaurant and carb loaded.  The restaurant, called Bella, in Folkestone, wasn’t spectacular but after running about a 5000 calorie deficit today it hit the spot.

Fran feels a bit better after some food, aspirin, and a few stretches for her knee. We’re going to cab to our next destination (Dover) to be safe though. We may resume our walking the day after tomorrow.  Tomorrow we may have a bit more time to explore (given we’re cabbing in) and do some more touristy things.