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Playing on the Sea Wall

A 163 km evening out over Charing Hill to the coast: the length of the Dymchurch sea wall after dark, Dungeness power station lit up on the shingle, and home by way of Rye. Read the ride.

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Playing on the Sea Wall

Low sun over a field gate, throwing long shadows across the road, a few kilometres into the ride in Kent

Low sun at a field gate, 4 km in

Rider's long shadow on a leaf-strewn road as a white car comes the other way on Charing Hill

My shadow on Charing Hill

Heading down towards Wye

Bare and leafy trees arching over a dark lane in the woods on the way down to Wye

Woods on the way to Wye

A dark lane lit bright blue, with the shadow of the rider and bike on the road and his arm in the foreground

The lane turns blue

A lone tree in silhouette under a starry sky with a pale glow on the horizon, between Aldington and Lympne

Stars and a lone tree near Lympne

A locked metal gate with a yellow Danger, Unsafe Area, No Unauthorised Entry sign, lit by the bike's headlight

Unsafe Area: not this way

A large striped stone on a circular plinth on the Dymchurch sea wall, lit by the bike's headlight

A striped stone on the sea wall

Handlebar view of the concrete top of the Dymchurch sea wall at night, lit by the bike's headlight

Riding the Dymchurch sea wall

Dungeness nuclear power station lit up on the flat horizon under a night sky

Dungeness power station, lit up

The lit shopfront of BJ's on the Beach at Camber at night, with the rider's shadow on the forecourt

BJ’s on the Beach, Camber

The Dungeness Estate sign by the roadside at night, with the lights of Dungeness power station on the horizon

Dungeness Estate, power station beyond

The town of Rye lit up on its hill at night, with the floodlit church at the top

Rye on its hill

The Deadmans Lane street sign on a picket fence in Rye, beside a 6 foot 6 inch width limit sign

Deadmans Lane, 6′6″ wide

Playing on the Sea Wall

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