South Bank Ramblers

Sat 22 June 2019 - 10 miles -  FROM DICKENS TO TURNER - BROADSTAIRS - Leader: Dudley

Across country to Margate then along the cliff top to Broadstairs where the annual Dickens Festival should be in full swing. Mainly on level well surfaced paths. Lunch: Plenty of choice at Margate

 

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Postcard from the turner art gallery - Margate

 

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Lifeboat passing  - Margate 

 

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Beach chalets at Broadstairs

 

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Drinks stop at Botany Bay to admire chalk stacks – and sunbathers!

 

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Outward walk from Broadstairs, we stop at Drapers Windmill;

 

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Lunch stop at Margate

 

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Margate lifeboat being hauled up beach.

 

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More appealing geology – arch at Kingsgate Bay;

 

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We come down to Stone Bay at Broadstairs – haunt of our leader;

 

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In time at Broadstairs Viking Bay to catch the Dickens Festival in full swing.

 Photos: Harriet R, Ruth