Faversham Creek (again)

Plenty of shots of Faversham Creek over the past couple of years. I find these creeks on the north coast of Kent fascinating places. During the 19th C they were hives of activities with Thames Barges carying goods such as bricks, building materials, fuel and food up the river to London.

These creeks had vast tidal ranges; at low tide a tiny stream flowed between vast mudbanks with the vessels hard aground until the next tide. Nowadays a few of these barges and similar boats from the South East of England, in various states of repair, line the banks. Despite the challenges of navigation the creeks are popular with modern day sailors too. The boatyard at Faversham is a fascinating collection of old and new boat, well maintained boats and rotting hulks. The yard is littered with the bodies of old railway trucks, taken off their wheels, used for stores.

The pub across the creek is The Albion - never been in there and only recently associated its name with the ancient name for England. Interesting how Albion and Alba (the ancient name for Scotland I believe) are very similar.

We were in Faversham for the afternoon with our friends Al and Liz. Mind you it was only fit for a short walk in the biterly cold northerly wind. So after a little exercise to help down the lunch and make room for tea and cake and then dinner we went to the Macknade's Farm Shop to look, and buy, some of their extensive range of products - I bought some spelt flour to see what sort of bread that will make.