A couple of weeks or so back,
I told you of my extraordinary trek along the A2 main road, across a (big!) golf course and through woodlands to arrive back at my starting point, much to my surprise at the time.
I subsequently decided that I'd return to take some photographs of at least part of that long route, though missing out those long sections, at least for the time being. I
might venture along the whole of that huge journey again one day, armed with a camera, but for now here are nearly thirty pictures which, with captions, tell at least some of the rest of the story...
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| The starting point, after the 'bus ride to Strood: Bligh Way shops |
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| Just round the corner, in Albatross Avenue, I spotted this |
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| Ah, so that's what this place is |
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| Approaching the opposite side of the Recreation Ground |
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| And this is where it comes out |
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| Up Sharfleet Drive and into The Shades |
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| Around that bend is this spot, with a way onto the main road |
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| This is that main road: the A2 Watling Street, heading west in this view |
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| This is just the beginning... |
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| Looking down on the M2 motorway. Now we jump in the story... |
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| ...to the exit from Ranscombe Farm Reserve, much later! |
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| Medway's Miracle, as David Bellamy termed this place |
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| All that metal fencing was for the high speed rail line, which we now cross |
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| Narrow path, even narrower aperture through that bike barrier! |
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| The other end of that access path over the railway |
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| Looks like something might be up ahead... |
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| Yes, it's a bridge carrying the M2 motorway; but there's no way up from here |
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| Hmm, a long track that way. It led to a building and a dead end |
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| How about on the other side of that road bridge? |
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| Doesn't look promising to the right... |
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| ...definitely nothing to the left... |
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| ...and ahead looks like yet another farm, so I assumed a dead end |
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| However, when I asked, I was directed along that very path |
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| Now this looks vaguely familiar from somewhere... |
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| Real signs of civilisation ahead, the first I'd encountered in 3 hours! |
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| Well, would you believe it? It's actually Bligh Way shops again, just down there! |
