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New Romney Country Fayre

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Today Claire and I volunteered to "person" the Guide Dogs stand at the Fayre. I took a picture before everything started to get busy and a few of the carnival parade. The two hours we did seemed the fly by. Our next stint will be two hours at the Venetian Fete in Hythe on August 21st. We are on the stand from 4pm to 6pm. Come on down.

Traces of War - Part Two

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Today's run was in an attempt to see the first three waypoints on the list.  One at Littlestone I had glimpsed but had nowhere to park the bike. The second at Greatstone and the third in the churchyard in New Romney. Once again using the Traces of War website for inspiration. I bypassed the Redoubt at Dymchurch again. Nowhere safe to park as the gravel off-road parking was full of cars. A portent of things to come.  It's a hot day and there are beaches all along our coast line..... First stop in Dymchurch itself at St Peter and St Paul Church. I parked outside and took a photo. The road after the church is "private". I made sure I didn't tresspass! Before entering the churchyard to the right on the entrance.  In the end I walked around all the yard until I found a solitary CWGC grave obscured by bushes. It looks as though it in maintained pretty well. I took another of the war memorial outside the church in a little triangle of land bordering the main A259 coast ...