Monday 30th March: Reculver - Joss Bay (10 n.mi.)

wind SW 3-4, sea state smooth-slight, weather fair, vis good.
Woke to frost and sunshine. A slow start, so not many miles covered. The sandy cliffs of Reculver soon give way to low-lying shore with many small waders. Alas, my knowledge of seabirds is slight - there seem to be four main types: white ones, brown ones, black ones, and odd-uns. However I did recognise oyster-catchers.
To port lay the Kentish Flats wind farm and the gun platforms of World War II. In the pub last night, I had suggested to one of the locals that these would have been an unpopular posting, as they would seem to have been sitting ducks for the attentions of the Luftwaffe, but he assured me to the contrary.
The chalk cliffs start near Birchington, with an appearance deceptively like some fortification of the Napoleonic era. Just before Joss Bay, Kingsgate Castle stands on the cliffs alongside a mock tudor building and an art deco edifice in a defiant statement of architectural inclusiveness.
Landed at Koss Bay and camped on the beach. Dined on lentil-pasta-tuna improvisation...