Kent or Bust .

July 2011

Just setting up and getting ready for a few days Turing around Kent.

Whether is looking OK for a few days so thought I would set of and get threw London and hug the coast line around Kent, as I have never cycled around Kent as yet.

It’s the first time Turing on a trike so lots to learn and find out, should be fun.

I thought I would use the trailer this time around and if it works out OK then I will try a longer trip next year if my eye sight holds out.

When I get back I will let you know how it all works out with lots of Photos I hope.

July 25th 2011.

Set off on a journey around the coast line of Kent.

Starting off through London and followed the river Thames to Graves’s end using and hugging he river as I could keeping away from the main, A,  roads.

First camp site after a long starting out ride was at Seaalter just before Whitstable.

Be where this camp site is off the A299 and is the one on the left, nice sight but a rip off at a staggering £27.00. I WAS SO NAKERD and not thinking I accepted it.  All the other sights I stayed on where Great with really good showers and toilets and good tent places. Hastings being the best with 5 Stars, so much so I stayed two nights for a rest over. I will let the Videos tell the story, but I did get confused and enfaced did ride around the coast line threw Margate and rams gate as you will see.

The hardest rid part of the ride was from deal to Hastings as I lost root 2 and ended up on a major rods, the hills where so hard! The trike its self was Great no major problems with any main parts

However I had a really horrible 4 days as to a cheap back wheel plastic rime tape that let the spokes threw giving me 4 punchers’ until I could find a cycle shop that had some good quality rubber rim tape. And replenished the tubes, Bit disappoints really as it made me very anxious and I Trike  had to work on myself to keep a lid on it do not to spoil the ride. As OK I can feel and take the wheel out and change the tube, but can’t see to repair the tubes so was fortunate to find a cycle shop when I needed it. Plus if when I was changing the tube if anything had gone wrong that needed sight I would have been sunk, however this is what it’s all about in a way to push myself to the limit and trust in myself with strength of mind. All in all I had a great time a bit lonely sometimes but the great thing about a rike is every time you stop you get talked to, questions asked and along the way cars tooting and kids waving. Root 2 can be a pain without a map! As most places have good signs but when you really need them there not there ?  The one place I needed them was deal lto Hastings it started off great then I got a puncher then got to the end of that road and there was nothing no sighs, I meet a Dutch rider that had the same problem there and he has a map! Later in the day and ended up as I on a major road.

I do not think I will do a week’s ride again as this on my own again, but you never know, I thing a long ride and a tent stop and come back will be the order on my own from now on. I can plan that and have a camp site to head for.

I am glad I did it and I am glad to be Home now as well.

Love the Trike but will not use a trailer again had to many problems with it on getting threw gates  on the bridal ways, you can get the trike threw but have to keep taking the trailer off, plus I could feel it on hills. So I will try loading the trike up next time, I had the same problem with it on a solo bike last time I went out on a camping trip around Norfolk however there where not a lot of hills there as this time. OK on with the Photos and videos.

There is no point in my fitting a mile counter as I cant see it bit the estimate mils
Where around 400 miles Plus in 6 days, with one stopover day

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First Camp, Rip of @£27 !!!! at Seaalter just before Whitstable.

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WESTGATE ON SEA

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The ride from Dover threw Folkston to Deal was really Nice until all the root 15 signs vanished?
And I had to Join the main root from Deal to Hastings and with yet another puncher trend out to be the hardest rife I have ever had when I got to Hastings I was at dropping point! The hills where something ells just one after another relentless and steep!

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Camp at Hastings Finally a long Day of hard cycling
The amp sight was great a really nice sight with 5 star facilities
And a great restraint and bar, a very clean and welcoming sight
And well worth the £13 a night its on the way down into Hastings front on root 15
Well sigh posted if you retch the bottom you have gone to fare. Just back up a little you will see the camping sign.

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91 is my arrival into Brighton.
Its to long to get it on here so I have put it on my face book page
Link http://www.facebook.com/?ref=home#!/video/video.php?v=234175309954871

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                     The run home took me 8 hrs with a one Hr stop at a pub

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Well that was it, I was glad to get home and now with time and thought I have come to admit I do not think I will do this on my own again, I enjoyed it , it was a challenge that I did OK I think but it was a bit of a struggle with the Lack of eye sight, I think I got away with it this time LOL.
But you Never say Never so watch this space .