After the 90 minute train from Stratford International to Herne Bay, our crew began the lengthy walk towards Reculver Country Park. With the morning mist lifting fast from Beltinge Bay, the history visible in the very topography of the area became increasingly apparent. Inland from the aging wooden groynes that jut into the still water is a lengthy parade of stairs below a retaining wall; remnants of a promenade built in the 1830s that helped turn the area into a popular holiday destination for Victorian Londoners. Now, nearly 200 years on, little artifacts hide buried in the pebbled beach, so we made sure to take advantage of the low tide to go beachcombing; although admittedly, this probably wasn't the best idea in ecru jeans. Further up, as we rounded the cliffs into a more treacherous, rockpool-filled stretch, the Reculver Towers appeared on the horizon, taking us further back into the coast's history.