Camber to Folkestone
KC3 ECP Leg Number 25
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Overview
Date started:
8th October 2021
Date completed:
9th October 2021
Official miles:
29.0
Miles we actually walked:
30.9
Guest walkers
None on this leg!
A thirty mile stretch, from Camber, inland to Lydd to avoid the MoD firing ranges, around the Dungeness peninsula, past the power station, and then along the beach (if low tide) and the sea wall or promenade, passing Greatstone, Littlestone, St Mary’s Bay, Dymchurch, Hythe (where there is a short detour inland, again to avoid the MoD ranges), Sandgate and finally Folkestone.
Day by day
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How we approached this leg
We originally planned to walk this leg over three days, but ended up completing it in two long legs of around 15 miles each day. Three days might have been a bit more comfortable, and this could be done by parking on the first day further down towards Dungeness – the 102 bus goes as far South as The Pilot pub, which is 12 miles walking from Camber. There is no public car park there but one could probably park in the car park at The Pilot if out of season and buying a coffee or a beer. Day 2 could finish between Dymchurch and Hythe, approximately 9 or 10 miles from The Pilot, leaving a reasonably gentle 7 or 8 miles into Folkestone for day 3.
Where we stayed
We based ourselves in Rye for three nights, which is a charming historic town with many good restaurants and pubs to choose from. A lovely place to stay but in hindsight quite some distance from Folkestone at the other end of the walk. It occurred to us that it might have been better to stay nearer the middle point of the walk eg Dymchurch or Hythe would work well. We stayed in a one bedroom self catering apartment and brought with us pack lunch food and breakfast – pack lunch is particularly important for day one round Dungeness as not much to buy en route. Day two has more options for food if you want to stop somewhere.
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