Based in Canterbury for a few days, we decided to walk some miles on the North Downs Way, also known as the Pilgrims’ Way. As we started at Canterbury YHA and were walking sort of eastwards towards the coast.It was a beautiful bright morning as we left Canterbury behind. The walk went across open fields and downland, along strips of woodland and through small Kentish villages.The first village was Patrixbourne where the church dates from 1170 and has two Norman carved doorways.
At Aylesham Cemetery we stopped for 11s. Therewas a sizeable group of Commonwealth War Graves in the cemetery, witness to the war in the air above Southern England in WW2.The second church was in the village of Womenswold where the Parish Church is dedicated to St Margaret of Antioch (the one in Turkey) who was a dragon slayer. The village is on the pilgrim route which extends from Canterbury to Rome and eventually Jerusalem.This section of the walk ended at Shepherdswell Station where we got the train back to Canterbury. We hope to do the section to Dover later in the week.
From Psalm 5Lead me Lord, lead me into righteousness:Make your way straight ahead of me.JAL 28.10.2019 Canterbury YHA to Shepherds Well Station