At the last minute myself, Duncan and Ivan had to abandon our plans to do some climbing in wales due to a bad weather forecast. On a whim we decided that we would cycle up to Margate in north Kent. We mapped out our own route of 87 miles based loosely on the sustrans route followed by a more direct 62 mile route back which skirted around Canterbury and ashford. this proved to be a surprisingly enjoyable trip, the Kent countryside is much more rural and attractive than you would expect. The lack of hills (apart from an incredibly hard one near Dover castle) made for relatively easy riding although we were all relieved when we finally got back over battery Hill to the end of the route.Margate is a dump but the hotel we stayed at was clean and excellent value plus we found a great/cheap curry house!In the future we may repeat this route again but come out at Whitstable this time which is a much nicer place.
Day 1: 87 miles average speed 15.8 mph
Day 2 62 miles average speed 13.8 mph
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