I Hiked around the Isle of Sheppey, Kent, (34 miles) in One Day!
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- Опубліковано 17 жов 2024
- Filmed Saturday 27th August 2022
Ever since about the age of 14 I've always wanted to know if it was possible to walk around the Isle of Sheppey in one day. Today was going to be the day I was going to find out.
I started at Minster Leas beach at 6am, hoping to get a decent sunrise but it was pretty much fully obscured by cloud. It was warm though, and not raining, so I couldn't really complain. The other reason I'd chosen this ungodly hour was to take advantage of the tide being out; had the tide been even halfway in I wouldn't have been able to pass.
After a couple of hours walking on sticky London Clay, shingle and sand, I made it to the World War I pillboxes at Warden Bay. For pillboxes that are over 100 years old, have fallen from the cliff and been battered by the sea for decades, they're in pretty good condition. Again, these are only accessible at low tide.
Next up was Leysdown where I had a bit of brekky and continued onto Shellness and the World War I bunker on the very south-eastern corner of the island. After drifting around a mile off-course I made my way over to Harty, then over some marshland onto Elmley Nature Reserve. Miles of walking over the open marshland ensued before reaching Kingshill Farmhouse where the second wedding I'd seen that day was getting ready to take place (the other was at Harty Ferry Inn).
I was then coming up to Kingsferry Bridge where disaster struck; the footpath was impassable due to high tide and it looked like I was going to have walk miles inland to get over to the other side of the bridges. I improvised and waded through some huge plants, climbed a barbed wire fence and got up to the road where I could climb down onto the other side. This was energy-sapping and took almost an hour but I was now almost in Queenborough where a Co-op was waiting for me. After feeding and watering myself (a late lunch at 4:30pm) I continued along the sea wall into Bluetown and then onto Sheerness. From here it was the home straight back to Minster where I arrived just before 6pm - 12 hours and 73,250 steps after setting off.
Other UA-cam channels I'd recommend for information on this area are:
Beyond the Point
Kent Survival
I hope you enjoyed the video, if so please leave a like 😁
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I can asure anyone who thinks Sheppey is awful - it is a wonderfull place to live. There are areas which aren't all that nice (everywhere has poor areas) but there is so much history, and so much to see here. I wouldn't want to live anywhere else.
There sure is a lot of history! Just wish they'd stop building so many houses now!
@@no_soy_rubio If you go around Fav again you might not be able to find the path you recently took. Housing going up all over the place, even Duchy Estates (King Charles) is getting in on it, with plans for a vast estate next to the A2 - you'll find out about it online. The Monarchy's green - my arse!
@@stepchicken3238 that's sad, I really like Faversham as well
@@stepchicken3238effing hell ! How sickening.its looks a bit of. dump, no one's there .why's that ? Don't they use that beach now , it's looks a bit Jaywick clacton❤
Very interesting hike around the Isle of Sheppey, Kent all in one day.
Thanks for sharing.. like 37. Happy Weekend..
Thank you, have a great weekend! 😁
Amazing, a great adventure! 😁
Took me 6 walks to do what you did in one!
What an achievement!
Thanks Sidders, I'm still working my way through your videos now! Yours are much more detailed and informative than mine 😁
Nice vlog ! thank you for the great video. see you in Bali
Thank you 😁
I remember those pillboxes at the Leysdown end when they were still on the cliff. Nan & Grandads caravan in the 70's, fun fair and the freezing cold open air swimming pool at Sheerness, go-karts on Leysdown beach, good times. I did enjoy that.
Great stuff, I didn't realise the cliff was still there in the 70s, assumed it eroded long before. I remember the fun fair but the swimming pool was a bit before time. Thanks for watching!
Beautiful hike around the isle thanks for sharing enjoy the beautiful day
Thank you 😄
A wonderful walk, the island has some incredible places, it deserves a visit for sure. And congratulations, this is a great success not in hands of many people, 12 hours!! Thanks for sharing, good job!!
Thank you! Yes I was happy to be finished after 12 long hours haha 😄
Good effort mate, I’ve walked to harty ferry from leysdown and that was long enough
Thanks mate, I used to think just walking from Minster to Sheerness was a mission 😆
Great hiking. I like to hear the sound when you walk along the beach. Like +1. Stay connected!!!
Thank you my friend 😁
Thank you 🙏🏻 I thoroughly enjoyed your video, taking me down memory lane. I was born in Strood. As a young girl we spent many a holiday on the Isle of Sheppey, staying at Leysdown & Sheerness. We moved to Australia 🇦🇺 in 1972. 🐨🐨🦘
That's great, glad you enjoyed it. The eastern end of the island hasn't changed much I'm told.
Well done! Thank you for highlighting what a wonderful place Sheppey is. Beautiful scenery, beautiful people, wonderful island I have the privilege to live there 😊
Thank you, even though I've been away a long time it's still my home 😁
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A most interesting walk. Love to have done it myself. I recall cycling from Baldwin Rd to go mushrooming across the meadows and sold few around Minster to boost my pocket money, sixpence a week then.
Thanks for sharing it with us.
Thanks Dave! I grew up in Minster, although I earned my pocket money doing a paper round. Wish I'd been as enterprising as you, mushrooming sounds fun!
What a great place to have grown up in. I really enjoyed this walk with you and can't believe you have done all those miles. Well done! I can't believe all that rubbish too. I like the way you have a bit of humour in your videos too 😊 Thanks for sharing
Yeah it's nice growing up somewhere so rural, its where I get my love for the outdoors and the sea from! Thanks for watching 😁
@@no_soy_rubio The outdoors are the best. I bet you slept after that. Have a nice day 😊
@@WalkontheWildlifeSide I certainly did 😁 lucky I was visiting my mum too so enjoyed some home cooking 😅
You've done a great job thanks - shown the isIand as it really is
Glad you enjoyed it Christine 😁
That was so beautiful of an experience you had and I loved that part where you had something to eat
Nice narrative you give too
Thanks Abdul 😁
Wow!👍 I'm so touched by this amazing video
Thank you for the amazing and beautiful video
Have a great and happy day
Always be cool and cheer up for today💟
Thank you 😁
Amazing vlog content. Thanks for sharing.
Thank you my friend 😁
Super awresome hike. Huge like 👍
Thank you 😁
We are so lucky to live by the sea fellow swampy here born in the old minster hospital enjoyed ya vid
Cheers mate, big up the swampies 💪
I went virtual hike with your video 😊before my morning walk to the mountains. All your videos are wonderful. I am thinking about my next virtual hike😅 🎉🎉🎉
Thank you Je! This was a special one for me as it was where I grew up! I hope things are well in Mulegé 😁
@@no_soy_rubio all is great 🔥🔥🔥just a little hot!
Very special and beautiful Isle of Sheppey Thank you for sharing 😁
WELL DONE and brilliant to watch. I lived in Minster Sheppey and moved to WALES 2016. Still looks lovely.
Thank you 😁
Nice and interesting video !!!Beautiful walk !!!
Have a great Sunday!!
Thank you, you too 😁
Wow nice place thank you for sharing my friend
Thanks 😁
Came across your channel, wow!
Thanks Angelo 😁
Hello my friend. Great job! Thanks for sharing this video! Good luck!🌻💐🌿
Thank you very much 😁
Thank you for wonderful sharing my friend!! Big like!! 👍👍 Keep it up!!
Thank you for watching 😁
Nice hike and beautiful beach. Fun to watch. Thanks for sharing!
Thanks 😁
Amazing best sharing i like it👍
So great video my friend. Full Support video. Have a nice day
Thanks so much 😁
Exploring the Isle of Sheppey in a day seems like a grand adventure! 😄 How did your legs feel after walking that much? It's incredible to see so many different landscapes and hear the ocean in the background. It's like being on a mini-vacation, thanks for taking us along
Wow that is a long walk with great views of landscape and beauteful beaches. Nice sharing and happy weekend to you 👍😊
Thanks dude, have a good weekend 😁
2.8mph absolutely amazing, Matt. I did have to Google the Pig. But epic hike. You referenced this one in your latest vlog, and I realised I hadn't seen it. Certainly well out of my range.
Thanks mate, my feet were certainly sore by the end of it! But with no elevation, no backpack, and decent weather, it was far from the hardest walk I've done - in fact I'd say I'd say half that distance on the Peaks with a daypack would be tougher.
BTW which pig are you referring to? My memory doesn't seem to be serving me at the minute 😂
Very interesting and looks like it was a great hike . Beautiful island, it’s a shame that some people just damp their own rubbish. Thank you so much for bringing us along. I really enjoyed the hike. Have a great day. See you again soon. Warm greetings Amie🇳🇿
Thanks Amie, I hope everything is well there down in NZ, I was watching the rugby match there vs Argentina and couldn't believe they lost!
@@no_soy_rubio Oh great , I did watch too. I know. 🙏🤝💚
Nice it’s so wild people have probably been camping down there. 17:40 the house from die hard 2
I need to rewatch Die Hard 2 cos what I remember of that film it was set in an airport 😅
That was a great hike walking in the isle.. love the sounds of the pebbles. I can hear clearly.
Thank you Beth 😁
Very beautiful place ❤️ And calming ocean it's very peaceful place 💕 I saw the dog !!! Thank you so much for sharing !! !!! No one in thete little bit scared !!! Stay safe ! New friends here Let's stay connected ❤️
Thank you 😊
Impressive! Thank you for sharing this great footage! Greetings from Canada and wish you have a wonderful day!💯💯😃😃✅✅
Thank you 😁
Really enjoyed watching this video - thanks for sharing.
Great thanks Wendy, glad you enjoyed it 😄 hoping to do more of the Kent Coast when the weather improves 😁
Really enjoyed this video,hope you have a lovely week and stay safe debs fan xx 🤗.....
Thanks Debs, have a most excellent weekend 😎😂
After a travel ,you did a good hiking through that beautiful wide nature.looks those part an abandon farm.nice sharing again
Thank you 😁
What a blessed day. Keep it up brother😊
Thank you 😁
Wow! Awesome hiking I love it. Stay connected and stay safe 😍
Thank you 😁
Awesome video !!⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐! /// Thank you for sharing!
Thank you 😁
Well done mate. For, that walk . Good exercise u got that day 👍👍
Thank you, yeah I slept well that night 😅
Awesome hiking video! ✨ Amazing footage of the landscape! 🤩👏
Thanks Rikard 😁
Beautiful weather, great travel . I love beach also. Take care while walking
Thank you 😁
That was fun. My hubby was born in Queenborough and recognised a few of these spots. One of his great aunties used to run the Jolly Sailor in Blue Town. We both laughed at the Have A Blast mural but maybe it warrants an explanation for viewers unfamiliar with the Richard Montgomery. 😅😅😅😅😅
I remember the Jolly Sailor, used to drink in there when I was 16 😬
Another beautiful footage . Nice views and it’s look super cool way you’ve done ✅ hike today. Amazing 34 miles it’s woww. Have a nice day ahead 👍👍
Thank you my friend 😁
Welcome 🙏🏻
That’a long hike. Nice scenery and beautiful skies!!!
Thank you 😁
Greetings from Texas. I used to live in Sheerness back in 2011 for a few years. Great to see my old stomping grounds. It was always cool to see the old pillboxes on my walks.
Ah wow, Sheerness must be pretty different to Texas although some might argue that it's similar to the Wild West 😆 I do love a pillbox! Thanks for watching!
Amazing hike in a beautiful nature... Be safe and God bless...
Thanks a lot 😁
Nice video, didn't expect that lasts only 6 hours to walk around 🙂 I did halfway of that travel but with bike in the past when I lived in Queenborough, nice to see those places again 🙂 great video, keep going 😉👍
Thank you! It was actually 12 hours, 6am-6pm, with only a couple of short breaks I was pretty knackered by the end 😆 thanks for watching, appreciate it 😁
love Gypsy tart! my favourite school pudding. we had it with a lemon sauce which cuts through the sweetness. Never been to Sheppy but a friend went every year.
Ooh lemon sauce, sounds like that would work well 😍 glad it brought back good memories 😁
Beautiful ❤️ great work out too man ! 💪 Cardio with amazing views is the best !
Thanks dude 😁
Awwww I would have made you a cuppa as you would have passed my caravan :)) it’s just by those colourful beach huts
Awwww next time ☕️😁
Born on the Isle of Sheppey so really enjoyed this video many thanks
Thank you! Me too, Minster Hospital!
Great walk I’ve often wondered what the sandy bit of beach I can see from whitstable and Herne bay looked like in reality. The church I hadn’t realised was so old worth visiting if I can get over.
Thanks Sue! You will need a car to get to Harty Church ideally. I have videos of the whole Kent Coast on my channel including Whitstable/Herne Bay area too 😁
Good morning, it was great and interesting walk along the coast, beautiful views and love the sounds of nature, so nice that you found a ball😃 nice cookie and yummy lunch, the town looks beautiful, well captured, thanks for bringing us here, happy sunday 👍👌

Thank you very much and Happy Sunday to you too 😁😄😁
Love this wonderful hike with beautiful views. You have pretty weather must make you more energy. But you definitely did great job👍👍Thank you for beautiful sharing 😍❤️👍🤗
Thank you so much 😄
Hi, my friend! Interesting impression of this wonderful place. Thank you for sharing! Best regards~!
Thank you very much! 😁
Brilliant video. I live in Sheerness but spent my childhood in Minster exploring the beach and cliffs, so nice to how how it has changed over the years.
Excellent, glad you enjoyed it Basil. Apparently the cliffs were much further out, and the war ships were (unsurprisingly) a lot less rusted not so long ago
That's amazing hike and beach looks so beautiful. Awesome footage 👌
Thank you 😁
Awesome. Happy weekend my friend
Thank you! Happy weekend 😁
Yes loads of people have walked around the island, just like the island run we used to get sponsored to do it. So your not the only one to do it, enjoyed watching your video 📹👀
Thanks Stephen, I did the Island Run many years ago and it was only 10 miles or so across the island (along roads), as opposed to 34 miles around the coast! It would be very bad for the coastline if such an event were set up with multiple runners, the erosion is too severe and the logistics regarding tide times would be a nightmare! I'm sure other walkers have done the whole coastline though, I just didn't know of anyone, nor did my Dad who's lived on the island his whole life and is 72 now!
When I was at school they done the island walk me and my friends started at 7.30am and came in last at 11.40ish pm I think they only done it once in the 80s, I was born in the old minster hospital in 72 I'm a true swampie. Not evetone one made it the half way point was harty ferry and you had to be there for 4.30pm or you had to drop out,
I done the island run both a relay with my school friends and I don't the full ten miles when I came 32nd, loads of people have walk round the island. It was nice to see that far up shellness it looks like it's been made up instead of eroding those pill boxes never used to be visible they was covered in mud. I live in Bath now but I was down there in Sep Oct and at the weekend.
@@stephengray9592 blimey that's hardcore for kids to do that, the school would get sued these days 😂 same here, born in the old Minster Hospital on a snowy day in December 1981, don't live quite as far away as yourself, I'm in Worthing on the south coast.
Damn bro 😂 I already feel my knees hurting from this video 🤣 splendid hike though! Awesome vlog
Haha thanks man, I still feel mine hurting 😂
Beautiful
Thank you 🤠😁🤠
Great coast hike mate, you are a beast! The abandoned pill boxes are a highlight, must have felt exciting to be in there. Happy weekend, Mario
Haha thanks mate, have a good one 😎
Really good video this. I’m from the island and you found some interesting places. Will check them out 👍🏻
Cheers Tom! There's definitely some interesting places on the island that not many people know about
Great beach hike! I'm surprised so much stuff was just left there and not picked up!
It seems as soon as it's picked up it gets trashed again!
Great video, nice beach area. Thank you for sharing.
Thanks for watching 😁
wow! very amazing scenery have a nice tour
Thanks Jane 😁
lots of potential here
best of good luck
Lucas
Thanks 😁
I went to Margate last year and really enjoyed it. The old town is loveky. It does stink by the Marina though
Certainly a lot of steps for 12 hours hike. I haven't been back in hiking mode for the past two years, really missed it. How did the traffic cone ended up on the shore, I wondered a bit.
Yeah I was pretty tired by the end of it 😂 but very flat so it wasn't so bad. I wonder what the traffic cone's story is too 😂
damn theres some places i didnt even know existed and i've lived here my whole life, awesome video
Yeah a few of them places I'd never seen before and I grew up on the island lol
Good video mate. I was born and raised in Sheppey too but I’ve been living away for a long time now in the Midlands. Good to see the place again :-)
Awesome, nice one Chris. I've been away a long time as well but only in Sussex so it's easy to visit. Changed a lot in the last 15 or so years!
Visited Sheppey a few years ago whilst travelling round the coast. It was SO hot. I wandered onto the nudist beach at Shellness by mistake. I kept my pants firmly in place and wandered off again. Great video.
Haha we all say we ended up on that beach 'by mistake' 😆 thanks for watching!
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brilliant video so interesting really enjoyed it 💯 no the island but that was awesome thank u
Thanks Richard, glad you enjoyed it!
Awesome footage my friend 😃👍
Thanks mate 😁😁😁
Gypsy Tart ! My favourite pudding at school (Borden Grammar School, Sittingbourne) all those centuries ago. Almost worth a 200 mile trip to that Sheerness bakers !
Definitely! I think you can get them in some Asdas now but they're not the same!
Very nice friend 💐😍😍😘 super duper video 💐💕💐😍😍 ❤❤❤wow 🌹😍
Thanks Riya 😄
A very interesting non-standard hike. 34 miles is a lot in a day, especially on a beach because of the slope and over sand at times loose rock. There was a lot of history and abandoned areas in this which was interesting. I'm too am still stumped how the stump got there. This turned into quite an adventure for you with wrong ways, having to turn around, often not sure of which way to go. I think I once saw a part of Sheppey Island when I was on a bus from London to Canterbury. Have a wonderful day!
Thank you! Yes definitely something a bit different! And you're right, the terrain can make beach walking difficult. Haha such a lame pun about the stump 🙈 you may well have seen the island, it's just over the water from Whitstable near Canterbury. Thanks again for watching!
Well done Lad👍
Cheers 😁
So you’re from Sheppey! I was wondering where your lovely, rich, south of England accent came from. I could listen to you read out the phone book
In 2005 I interviewed to teach English at Minster College and stayed the night before at the Abbey Hotel … I’ll never forget.
You had a lucky escape, that's a rough school 😆
@@no_soy_rubio so I’m told by everyone in the world
Once you get away from the grim housing estate's and town centre, there are some nice spot's on the island to go for a walk 💯👍👍
Definitely, most people only visit Sheerness which is a shame
Isle of where? Yeah you're right...never heard of it 😂Was that a car chassis on the beach? Looks a bit like a place time forgot and the rickety old buildings didn't help with that. I'm not sure it's a walk I would want to do but good on ya for doing it and showing me what I'm missing 👍There were some scenic parts and the weather was great. The mermaid didn't seem too pleased and wants to blow the place up to start over. Nice one 👍 Paul
🤣🤣 yeah that's a chassis alright! Probably fell off the cliffs when it eroded, or someone went on a mad joyride...it definitely feels like the end of the world on the eastern, more isolated, end of the island! Hahaha the merman definitely isn't impressed 🤣 cheers!
As a kid I did ‘the island walk’ for charity, it used to be held every year. The walk went the other way (anti-clockwise) and it was a mammoth walk. To stop everyone getting stuck in the mud a Warden, the walk route cuts that corner off, but it was still effort! Me and my buddy shared a speaker from his headphones and listened to Run DMC for most of the morning. Many people stopped at the Harry Ferry pub (halfway point) for a pint …many never see the second half 😂
It was great to see that side of the island again, we’ll done fella 😎
Ah mate I grew up on the island and didn't even know that was a thing! I remember the Island Run but that was 'only' 10 miles or so! Sounds like great memories and Run DMC is a decent soundtrack as well! 'Walk this way' indeed 😂 cheers for watching!
Thanks for the walk round Sheppy,i live in Gillingham and i must say i've seen more rare birds and animals there then anywhere i've been before, like Hare's,Hen Harrier's,Marsh Harrier's,Little Owi's,Barn Owl's etc,a magical island,Lots of Military History too.
Glad you enjoyed it 😁
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i did that walk as an 11 yo back in1974 and im sure i went into those Pill boxes when they were on the top of the cliffs, can it have eroded that much. ( im from Gillingham) took us two nights and three days mind
That's hardcore for an 11 year old! Those pillboxes were indeed on the cliffs at one point, there's not that much left of them now!
Hello, did the walk around the island 60 years ago with my younger brother. can't remember the time but it wasn't as fast as you. It was summer and we took most of the day to do it and all we had were some jam sandwiches (as was the custom of the day). I think that we may have had it easier then you as the coast line was easier to access and we didn't have the population that they have now. We would find live ammo washed up from the sunken ammo ship, we would look but never touched, to scared too. We also found fish left behind in pools from the retreating tide. So sad to see all the rubbish, I never saw anything like that, only items left over from the war. Enjoyed the video, took me back to the long ago. Cheers.
60 years ago, wow! The leftover stuff from the war must have still been in good condition then! Love a jam sandwich! Yes, a lot of the rubbish is from houses tumbling down from the eroded cliff but fly-tippers have added to that. There seems to be issues with fly-tipping all over Kent for some reason. Amazing about the live ammo! They've only just taken the masts down from the Montgomery shipwreck, if you remember that. I guess from your username you're in New Zealand now? Thanks for watching 😄
@@no_soy_rubio Hello again, yes I remember the masts sticking out of the water very well. I've been in NZ for nearly 60 years now and the UK has changed so much in that time. It is now a strange country to me and I don't recognize Sheppy much either. The cliffs have certainly eroded far more then I can remember. Unstoppable time marches on .TEMPORA MUTANTA NOS MUTAMUR IN ILLIS. Cheers from NZ
Wow beautiful
Thanks 😁
It’s a shame so much has either been washed up or dumped on that first section of the beach. Esp seen as there is some interesting history along the route. I’ve visited the isle just once before but i was so young at the time I don’t think I remember it. This was quite the challenge you set yourself to walk in just the day. Awesome job 👏👏
Yeah totally agree. Some of it had been dumped, some is just whete the cliffs had eroded and landslides have taken whole houses with them and the debris is just at the bottom of the cliff 🤣 thanks for watching 😁
Hi and thanks, No Soy Rubio for sharing.
Ahhh...Ah...nobody on the beach???...0:44
Wow, boats during WWII....3:34..incredible to see what was left there on the beach...3:39
Oh.....kind of scary to see those fabric swinging...4:26
WWI pillbox on the beach???...8:17..it's a kind of odd place to be situated???..unbelievable to see the structure is intact.
Does the 11th-century church in service? It's a cozy little church.
Hmmm..turbines>>>sustailnable energy resources>>>nice to know ...27:35
Wow...this bridge is like a birdcage from Jurassic Park!!!...27:44
Thank you for sharing your appreciation for your mother..
Wow...Thank you for taking us for a full half day of walk...🙋♀🙋♀🛶🛶
Thanks for watching! Yeah the pillboxes (8:17) had fallen from the cliff into the sea after the cliff eroded! The church is still being used but in a very small community I'm not sure how many people actually use it. Haha I'd never thought of Jurassic Park, watch out for the raptors 🤣
@@no_soy_rubio will do.
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Very nice video👌
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Thank you 😁
Very cool!
Thank you my friend 😁
It’s amazing though 😍enjoy eating brother 😋
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