Got out with my brother for a romp around East Kent this morning. We went from Canterbury to Grove Ferry along the Stour Valley Way, trampling across numerous farmers' fields, before cutting north for Reculver and the coast on the Saxon Shore Way.
A swan on the River Stour. The Stour runs through my home town of Canterbury.
A country house.
The Grove Ferry Inn. We cut north to the coast from here. 
Pretty random.
We spent a lot of time route finding. Our first sight of the coast. Reculver towers in the distance.
By every church, there should be a watering hole. 
Reculver towers. The ruins of an old Norman church sitting right on the coast.From Reculver, we followed the coast to Herne Bay and then on to Whitstable before hooking into the Crab and Winkle Way, which is an old rail line that has been turned into a hiking trail between Whitstable and Canterbury.
Matt heading to Herne Bay.
Working the hill. Reculver towers in the background. 
Beach huts and a wind farm out to sea. Herne Bay. 
Funky signage on the Crab and Winkle. 
Any cross-country route in the UK involves endless stile hopping.
Almost home. Outside Kent College, my old secondary school. Canterbury to Herne Bay Pier was 16 miles, and then it was another six cold and breezy miles along the coast to Whitstable, followed by a further six back to Canterbury on the only section that I knew well. Total run was 28 miles in 4:15, with 20-25 minutes of that route finding and messing around. Great workout, and while I didn't feel like I needed to continue on and add any more miles I certainly felt like I could have. With 17 miles in the legs from the day before, this was a big confidence builder for Bandera.
The chalky Kentish mud sticks.
There is no finer post-run food. 