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On the write tracks in literary Kent

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Come and be inspired - like so many great writers - by Kent's idyllic rural landscapes,

captivating cities, castles and gardens.

Day Three

This morning share the elegant surrounds of Goodnestone Park Gardens, near Canterbury,

with Jane Austen. Her brother had married the daughter of the house and after one jaunt here,

in 1796, Jane began writing the novel that became Pride and Prejudice. Become her

contemporary for an hour or two amid Goodnestone's 14 acres of 18th-century parkland and

lose yourself in reverie in old-fashioned rose gardens.

For lunch take a trip to nearby Bekesbourne, where Ian Fleming lived for a while. He wrote the

James Bond adventure You Only Live Twice at The Duck at Pett Bottom. Stop here for a pub

lunch and a drink (shaken, not stirred) and see if the creative juices flow for you, too. Fleming is

thought to have taken Bond's famous 007 tag from the number of the London to Dover coach.

Ian Fleming's weekend cottage is located in nearby St Margarets Bay.

This afternoon pick up the Dickens trail again and share his love for the delightful, unspoiled

seaside resort of Broadstairs, his favourite holiday retreat where he completed many of his

books - Bleak House where he wrote David Copperfield overlooks the tiny harbour. Find out

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