tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13665817.post424716001971671277..comments2024-03-29T12:30:31.492+00:00Comments on SWC - This Week's Walks: Saturday Second Walk - Swimming/coastal walk (another attempt!)Andrewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11395064086819994526noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13665817.post-49429661572610924992016-08-28T11:18:30.229+01:002016-08-28T11:18:30.229+01:00n=20 on this walk on a day of w=hot-sunshine (sorr...n=20 on this walk on a day of w=hot-sunshine (sorry, Third Walkers!). No problems on the trains and the partial shade in the morning of the walk was welcome. In two places - just at the start and climbing on the downland ridge - overgrown vegetation was a minor hassle. Hopefully 20 walkers tramping through it will effect some improvement, though not for the first time I reflect that maybe we need to form an SWC path clearing team...<br /><br />I think at least half of us swam in the sea at some point, some twice. Most of us lunched at the King's Arms in Sandgate which has a lovely upstairs deck overlooking the sea and good seafood options. If anyone went on to do the Folkestone Circular walk I do not know. The bunch I was with got increasingly lazy as the afternoon wore on, exploring Folkestone Harbour, having tea, going out onto the amazing Harbour Arm (the former port area which now has bars and restaurants) and having a late afternoon swim and sunbathe.Walkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09314024151810191831noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13665817.post-66992429469138070292016-08-25T19:56:04.500+01:002016-08-25T19:56:04.500+01:00Four to five miles? It is in the walk document.Four to five miles? It is in the walk document.Walkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09314024151810191831noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13665817.post-55584483541604435272016-08-25T16:44:49.124+01:002016-08-25T16:44:49.124+01:00how come the comments don't always show up eve...how come the comments don't always show up even if you press F5 ?<br />Can you please tell me how far it is from Sandgate station to the sea at Sandling ? half way through?<br />thanksAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13665817.post-55401859033538924962016-08-24T13:49:55.612+01:002016-08-24T13:49:55.612+01:00Its worth writing a complaint if you are subjected...Its worth writing a complaint if you are subjected to such poor travel conditions and also worth asking for compensation.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13665817.post-22568592023025036782016-08-23T18:53:51.002+01:002016-08-23T18:53:51.002+01:00Sounds like a bad experience, Poppy, but your trai...Sounds like a bad experience, Poppy, but your train to Ashford might have been one that went on to Margate or Broadstairs. The trains to Folkestone this year go only to Folkestone, since the line is suspended beyond there, so hopefully - hopefully - will be less crowded. But we will have to see. August Bank Holday is after all August Bank Holiday....<br /><br />Just incidentally, the rail companies do not keep lots of extra stock lying idle just to be deployed on hot days in summer. What carriage sets they have are utilised to the maximum on a day to day basis: none are kept in reserve. So frustrating though it may be, they often don't have extra sets to add. High speed trains are in units of six carriages, if I remember correctly. Trains thus have 6 or 12 carriages.Walkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09314024151810191831noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13665817.post-24527661080986961952016-08-23T16:37:28.250+01:002016-08-23T16:37:28.250+01:00I may go to this but I agree with you about the tr...I may go to this but I agree with you about the trains. Trying to get from St Pancras to Rye on the HST service last year on a hot Saturday, we found the company had only put on a train with four (maybe five?) carriages. The fare is high as we all know. Lots and lots of people were standing, and the train was packed. Folkestone is not Ashford/Rye, of course, but it is worth considering whether the potential hell of getting there is something you want to go through. I nearly wrote to the company afterwards but didn't quite get round to it. Short trains on hot days are a scandal given the fares we pay. Poppyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12116513967674276886noreply@blogger.com