Rye

After leaving Hastings we headed to our next site; Brakes Coppice near Crowhurst.

Again, there seemed to be an unusual number of Europeans around, including a large group of French kids, which we think may have been scouts or a school group as they all had the same tent, and two huge communal mess tents.

The next morning we were packed up and on the road to Rye by 10.30am. Rye is two miles inland, but in medieval times it was almost entirely surrounded by the sea, so it has a very coastal feel to it. It still has access to the sea via rivers, so there is still a leisure and commercial maritime industry.

There were lots of cobbled side streets and old cottages and buildings, a bit like Lewes and Hastings.

There was a bit too much traffic in the town centre for our liking, it would have been nicer it had been pedestrianised.

We went for a walk along one of the river banks where there was lots of active fishing activity going on.

The weather was cooler today, not such an intense sun but still pretty muggy. Apparently we are in for some heavy rain now!