Everyone arrived safely at the lovely village of Wroth with its gorgeous little duckpond and pretty church.

We settled into the comfortable St crispin Inn, all except three who were staying at the fabulous five star Solley Farm B & B across the road.

We walked across fields and orchards to the edge of Sandwich.

We stopped to look round the little hamlet of St Bartholomews, originally a hospital and chapel, with houses for all the staff, each with the name in stone over the door.

We walked into the town via the old town wall passing by the wonderful Edwyn Lutyens House with Gertrude Jekyll garden.

Finally we arrived at the quay side of the old Cinque Port and had tea in a lovely cafe.

The tour round the town was delightful, taking in really interesting churches, little alleyways, including Holy Ghost Alley, the mediaeval Guildhall and many charming tudor buildings.

We then followed the river out to the coast to eat lunch by the sea.

A little coastal walking we then crossed the golf course to the Sandwich Bird Observatory, finding out that bearded tits had been spotted on the marshes.

We crossed the marshes back to Worth and a well earned rest.

Later we ate at St Crispins Inn which also has plenty of history to its name.

We set off back along the path to the Bird Observatory and the sea then turning the opposite way towards Deal.

It was a long straight seaside walk, going past the fascinating Sandwich Bay Estate, very grand houses built in the middle of nowhere.

We finally arrived in Deal, a typical old seaside resort with pier, coastguard station and a very interesting Ball Tower.

After looking round Deal we met up to get the bus back to Worth.

Our last day we had a short walk from Sandwich station round the town wall to the River Stour and along the river as far as the Roman Fort.

Although closed we managed to sneak a look through a fence and it is one of the best preserved Roman monuments.

Nearby was also the site of an Amphitheatre, which at 18 metres high was the highest spot in the area!

We crossed the railway back to the river and retraced our steps to Sandwich, through the Gazen Salts Nature reserve.

This is also the spot where St Augustine landed on the English shore.

Here we saw many interesting water birds, and walked to the quay and the old toll bridge.

After lunch by the quayside we walked up Knightrider Street back to cross the town wall and moat to the railway station and home.