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Category Archives: Dartford
Many Roads to take and A River to Cross
From what I discovered on my day trip to Dartford, I was no longer sure of the road I wanted to take in leaving there. Plus there was a question of how best to get across the River Medway using the mode … Continue reading
Posted in Canterbury, Canterbury, Chaucer, Dartford, Pilgrimages, Publishing, Rochester, Winchester
Tagged Canterbury Tales, coaching inn, prophets, saints, spiritual, spirituality, St Swithun, St Thomas a Beckett
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A Sad and Sorry End to English Pilgrimages
Following on from my post on the Yard Foreman’s Tale, it would not just have been the romance of the coach and horses being the mode of transport, but also the interesting people one would have met on their way to pay their spiritual … Continue reading
Posted in Canterbury, Canterbury, Caxton, Dartford, Kent, Printing, Publishing
Tagged Caxton Press, Chaucer, coaching inn, marriage, pilgrims, spiritual
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Dark and Desperate Debt-driven Days
It is perhaps poignant that I am writing the blog about my arriving in Dartford back in March, following the aftermath of the London and England-wide riots in August, or perhaps in the lull in between them with the impending Notting Hill Carnival, … Continue reading
Posted in Canterbury, Canterbury, Dartford, Pilgrimages, Rochester
Tagged London riots, revolution, riots
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The Yard Foreman’s Tale
What days those must have been, when the coaches with the horses rode into town – with people from far and wide…. I had thought that those days were long since gone, until I found my way into Dartford town and arrived at … Continue reading
Posted in Canterbury, Canterbury, Dartford, Kent, Pilgrimages, Travel
Tagged coach journeys, coaching inn, pilgrims
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Those Shaggy Tales: when and where did they begin and end?
A Brief Recap Well, here’s where the tale of the trail and the tales properly begins – with an exploration into finding the original road to Canterbury, and then along to a trip to each stop-off with a few good friends sharing their tales of the modern day … Continue reading
Posted in Canterbury, Chaucer, Dartford, Greenwich, Pilgrimages, Rochester, Southwark, Travel
Tagged Canterbury Tales, Easter, pilgrims, tales
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