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A Bike Ride (part 2)

Continuing on from the Thanet Way, Golden Hill now becomes Bogshole Lane, which will get us back to the main Whitstable Canterbury road at Clapham Hill.


Along Bogshole Lane, passing a well-hidden house behind the hedgerow.	Pass Burgess Farm, on the corner on the left. The first time I came along here, this looked like a Christmas tree from a distance. It is, in fact, a telegraph pole being slowly comsumed by the hedge.

Another typically countryside view. Cattle grazing or just lying in the sun. Now; my mum used to tell me that when cows lay down, we're in for rain. Not today, though.....	Bogshole Land ends at the bottom of Clapham Hill, just south of Whitstable. This is Smuggler's Cottage.

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Cross the main road (carefully - people tend not to hang about coming along here) into Pye Alley Lane.	Continue along Pye Alley Lane as far as this T-junction. Turn right into Foxes Cross Lane.

At the crossroads, cross over into Pilgrims Lane, keeping alert for traffic coming round the blind bend on the left of the crossroads. There is a slight incline here but a good view at the end of it.	We're now headed for the new Thanet Way, along Pilgrims Lane. This road was closed for a number of years but is open again, as a single track road. Accordingly, keep an ear for oncoming traffic, although the road is rarely used.

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Pilgrims Lane

This is the view at the top of the hill, looking west across the new Thanet Way and the Graveney marshes.


Take care down this hill. It's a steep, single lane and full of loose gravel. You have been warned.	At the bottom of the hill, you'll pass a few houses and the Pilgrims Lane Kennels on the left. Turn left towards the Thanet Way.

We're now at the Thanet Way. Keeping in mind that this is a motorway-class road, follow the path up the hill. As you continue, the path veers slightly to the right, at which point it becomes very steep.	As we continue up, so the hill gets steeper. Much steeper. Man but I'm soooo unfit.

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