Calais Sangatte Crustacean lunch at Cap Blanc Nez restaurant Cap Blanc Nez Wissant Sea bass at The Normandy Hotel
Walking to Rome: Via Francigena Day 3
Walking to Rome: Via Francigena Day 2
Shepherdswell Dover Dover Castle P&O Ferry Calais
Walking to Rome: Via Francigena Day 1
Our Chaucer Way pilgrimage ended in the nave of Canterbury Cathedral two days ago. Today we are back at the Cathedral, this time just outside the south transept. In front of us is a diminutive stone, no larger than a modest grave marker, with shallow relief carvings telling us this is the Starting Stone for... Continue Reading →
Walking to Rome: A Day in Canterbury
A brief photo tour of the city. Canterbury Cathedral About Town East ridge Hospital
Walking to Rome: Day Six on the Chaucer Way
This is the final day of our brief pilgrimage from London to Canterbury. The Chaucer Way has taken us from the most urban of places, through its suburban spread and, from there, through quaint rural villages replete with half-timbered, thatched-roof cottages and flint-walled churches before bursting once more into the cultural and spiritual city of... Continue Reading →
Walking to Rome: Day Five on the Chaucer Way
Sittingbourne Tongue Mill Stone Chapel Madison Dieux, Ospringe Faversham Saint Mary of Charity Church
Walking to Rome: Day Four on the Chaucer Way
Rochester Saint Mary Magdalene Church, Gillingham Saxon Shore Way Oast House, Newington Saint Mary the Virgin Church, Newington Sittingbourne
Walking to Rome: Day Three on the Chaucer Way
Gravesend Saxon Shore Way St. Mary’s Church, Church Street Rochester Rochester Cathedral High Street
Walking to Rome: Day Two on the Chaucer Way
Blackheath Wellings Chummy jellied eel Red House, home to Willian Morris, designed byJames Gibbs Crayford Dartford Saint Mary's Church, Stone Gravesend 31.4km
Walking to Rome: Day One on the Chaucer Way
Not the Via Francigena to Rome. Not yet. That begins in Canterbury. Today is the first day of the Chaucer Way, which will take us from central London to Canterbury. It's a modest 17 kilometer day, taking us from Westminster Abbey to Southwark Cathedral—the historic start for a pilgrimage to Canterbury—to Greenwich and to our... Continue Reading →