The Prologue - Day one

“Whan that aprill with his shoures soote
The droghte of march hath perced to the roote,
And bathed every veyne in swich licour
Of which vertu engendred is the flour;”

Well it’s July and it’s hot and sunny

“Thanne longen folk to goon on pilgrimages,
And palmeres for to seken straunge strondes,
To ferne halwes, kowthe in sondry londes;
And specially from every shires ende
Of engelond to caunterbury they wende,”

Southwark Cathedral is quiet and cool with some impressive stained glass windows including Chaucer!
It’s a quiet day ....

The Old Kent Road , the first and cheapest on the monopoly board , is the old road to Kent and it has seen some changes
- where the pilgrims supposedly drew lots as to telling tales is Tesco’s , The Hartley’s jam factory still stands , the old pub the Thomas a Beckett , where Henry The Cooper boxed upstairs , is now a Vietnamese restaurant , Blackheath is a climb and an expanse of green overlooking Greenwich Observatory and maritime museum , the Sun in The Sands hostelry is sadly closed !
It’s a pretty straight road - for pilgrims and drovers !
Shooters Hill overnight stop !En savoir plus