AM: We woke up this morning to the news that there will be a rail strike in this area and there will be no trains or replacement buses, so the roads will be busier than usual. The price of petrol here is the equivalent of AU$3.00 per litre which is very high compared to Australia. I think that I was paying about half that when we left. I can remember quite recently paying 99 cents per litre when one of the stations had a special. We did have to pay as much as over $4.00 per litre at the height of the oil crisis, though.
Today we have a complicated route from Tenterden to Tunbridge Wells.
PM: Well, the ride was very hilly and circuitous, with many very steep hill climbs. We managed to get very aerobic every 5 to 10 minutes or so.
We've come across quite a lot of Golden Pheasants on the quieter paths and roads. They can run very fast, and when we surprise them, they reckon that they can outrun us and head off in the same direction as we are going. So, we find ourselves following them for quite a while until we get very close, then they seem to suddenly remember that they can fly. They have a choking, panicky sounding chirp when they fly off.
Route: Tenterden - Readers Ridge Road - Brass Tacks - Beacon Hall House - The Woodcock Inn - Water Lane - Ranters Lane - The Hopbine Inn - Camden Arms Hotel - Royal Wells Hotel. 52 kms.
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The White Lion Hotel, Tenterden was built in the 1600s, and our room had a sloping floor.  Tenterden.   |
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