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@Joe.S
I know it's not the weekend, but I thought this might be the right thread to share today's ride and give a bit of info for anyone who wanted to ride the same route.
I took the train to Canterbury with a friend today. In glorious sunshine, we followed the National Cycle Network route 1 from Canterbury out to Sandwich and onto the coast, we followed the sea to Deal (stopping for a cup of tea and a slice of cake at the cafe on the seafront) and thence to Kingsdown. This first part of the ride was about 20ish miles (neither of us managed to have a working speedo), it was well signposted and gloriously flat and thus quite quick.
Instead of continuing on to Dover, we turned inland at Kingsdown to cut across country to join the NCN route 16 back to Canterbury. This half was much more rolling, with quiet traffic free lanes through pretty villages. The only slight drawback was that some Kentish jokers (or should that be Jokers of Kent?) had been turning signs round at junctions. This led to a couple of looping miles of de ja vu as we rode through a couple of places twice before stopping to ask directions and to be told not to trust many signs at all! On eventually rejoining NCN route 16, it was plain sailing again back into Canterbury.
A couple of pints later we were stiffly folded onto the train back. I was sticky with sweat, a little burnt, but very very happy. My guess is for about 40 miles or so. A heartily recommended ride. Not the longest or most arduous you will ever do, but lovely nonetheless.