The Wayfarer's Dole has been handed out at the Hospital of St Cross for centuries, and the ale these days is a London Pride donated by Fuller's.
A six-day route examining Britain's coastal habits, from London to the Vale of Berkley at Slimbridge, a celebration of its wildlife and conservationism.
It’s hard to imagine that this land-locked paradise was once the bad boy of the southern realm: the 18th-century smuggling capital of England.