Still some heavy showers around through the morning but the day improved with age. Today we drove to the seafront and free parking at Birchington the next village along (east) of Herne Bay and waited out a particularly heavy downpour before venturing down onto Minni’s Bay, a long stretch of low tide mostly sandy bay….

From here we followed the concrete promenade below the low chalk Birchington Cliffs to the not so sandy Grenham Bay….

Shortly arriving at the lovely sandy West Bay at Westgate-on-Sea….

Around the next headland to the stunning St Mildred’s Bay with it’s seawater paddling pool….

A little further along the path and around the next headland to Westbrook Bay as we arrive into Margate-on-Sea….

And lastly Margate Bay with another tidal pool….

At Margate Bay I had to be a little careful when taking photos because there were several groups of young school children enjoying out of the classroom activities on the beach.

At this point we decided to turn about and make our way back the way we had come – a very enjoyable and totally dry walk.

Today’s stats:

• Miles driven – 41
• Miles walked – 7
• Beaches – 6
• O/N – £9.50