England Coast Path Part 17 Herne bay to Faversham

Herne bay to Faversham

Distance 14:28 miles

Elevation gain 0 feet !

Time 05:00 Hours

Well as you can see from the stats It's flat ZERO feet gained.

We are blessed yet again another lovely sunny day. Today on our route we will be passing through Whitstable Bay famous for its oyster trade, Hopefully I will be able to sample some oysters.

Faversham is located at the head of the River Swale inland so we will be following it inland from the sea. 

Our walk as always starts from where we left off on our previous walk be it the day before or months apart. Today is following on from yesterday starting at The cosy cat café heading East along the sea front a flat easy walk nothing to report or photograph sea to our right & the promenade beneath our feet!

Quite conveniently it's lunch time & we are at Whitstable Bay oyster shack, it's a very busy bustling place & we compete for space on the promenade, a lovely atmosphere with the sun shining down & people enjoying drinks & of course Oysters.

There are lot's places selling oysters all with ques, We pick one ''The Oyster shed'' & stand in line watching the staff very skilfully shucking  the oysters, (Yes the correct term for opening them) £10.00 for Half dozen so not too bad really.

Shucking the Oysters is a skilled job, At the front of the line we find that you can have them with Lemon, with Tabasco  sauce or with Shallot Sauce so I take all three, We are served & take the Oysters down onto the beach sitting in the breakwater  in the sun just a perfect spot.

The dressings were all very tasty but I preferred the ones with lemon as it allowed one to taste more of the Oyster, the others overpowered the Oysters.

 I have little fishes on a dish

After I have eaten we are back on the path onward with our journey towards Faversham past beach huts raised up on the shore beside the path & children playing on the beach with the tide out the sea is in the distance.

The path turns inland along the banks of the river Swale the tide out leaving mud flats for the birds to forage on.

We arrive at the end of our walk Faversham  an old market town mentioned in the doomsday book of 1086 & home of the Shepard Neame Brewery founded in 1698 still a major employer in the area.