Tuesday September 13th. Walk into Canterbury centre. Keep it short cos of dodgy left foot. Need card for seven year old. Quiche. Return library books. Could be mile and half.
17 deg C. Light coloured cloud. Long trousers. Raincoat in pack. Wincheap. Food wagon open in Maidens Head carpark. Hi to Sally [Gooch. We acted in The Promised Land, about Kent coalmining and hoppicking] carrying milk from Aldi. Subway, recently retiled by the ramps. Hope better done this time. Scenes of Canterbury in the tunnel, not yet graffittied.
Like old times, when employed, shortest route to town and back. Up steps. Path next to flinty wall of Norman castle. Right on cycle route to city centre. St Mildreds graveyard on left. Three tents, probably rough sleepers. Church Lane. Stour Street. On right, multistorey carpark, once site of gasworks. On left tannery site, now residential. Preserved facade. Could look through windows and see piles of hides. Now curtained.
Entrance to tannery: old weighbridge. Old rectory. On right, Hookers Almshouses 1970, Maynards Spital 1818. Rock Paper Scissors. Water Lane leading to River Stour and punt hire. Museum is now Marlowe Kit, with Great Hall. Marlowe’s Ghost escape room.
Into Sainsbury’s local. No veg quiche. Library not yet open. Rest in Three Cities Garden, opposite. Canterbury, Vladimir Russia, Bloomington USA. Returned “Britannia AD43”, by Nic Fields. Detailed history of Roman invasion. Borrowed “Broadside” by Stuart Broad, England cricketer.
Paperchase had no 7 cards. More walking on main street. Slight uphill on uneven block paving. Card Factory had 7 cards, none i like. WH Smith. Dave, Big Issue seller is back. but not selling. Dog has had trouble with paw. Bought suitable card. Cross road to M&S. Walk thro clothes to food hall. Short search found quiche.
Bought Big Issue from man in Rose Square. Few spots of water from sky. Marlowe Avenue, past St Andrews church. Left across carpark, up steps into Dane John Gardens. Double espresso. Apple. Walked avenue between lime trees. Two pigeons fell on the path, fighting furiously. Hi to Andre Renshaw, local musician. Played in Jacobs Ladder, Camine, Triskele among others. Hugged small lime tree. Up ramp, avoiding steps, to footbridge over ring road. Union flag at half mast. Years ago stood here, bridge closed while the Queen passed underneath.
Right, past Kendall car and van hire, left onto Wincheap.
Tasks completed, about two miles walked, (In 1 hr 50min) Foot not too bad.
Rambling Brummie 