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An Easter walk

For years i’ve made a point of walking a mile a day, or more of course. For days when time is short or energy low i have a small number of one mile walks from home. Here’s one, done on Easter Sunday about 8am. Sunny. Wearing jumper but no coat. Tudor Road. Right onto Wincheap.Continue reading “An Easter walk”

A wasted walk in the woods

Thursday is my usual day for walks as a countryside access warden. April 7th is birthday of youngest sons, who needed the car. With trepidation i took bus to Pean Hill on the Whitstable Road. No worry about parking but more exposed to the plague. Third visit to look at paths in Ellenden Wood, fiveContinue reading “A wasted walk in the woods”

A dull drizzly walk around Canterbury

Mothers day Mothering Sunday March 27th 2022. 7 deg C. Sons will take their mother for lunch. So car not available for walk with Dover and Thanet Rights of Way Society. Light drizzle, after ten sunny days. City circuit, anticlockwise. Slight head wind. Station Road East. Don’t like rain, even drizzle. But Sunday morning walkingContinue reading “A dull drizzly walk around Canterbury”

Selling and East Blean Woods

Two recent short walks as countryside access warden. Both revisits. First, Thursday March 10th. Selling station is about 10 km west of Canterbury. (Selling: original meaning “hall dwellers”) Thought of going by train but wouldnt feel safe, especially as masks no longer required. Parked about same time as train arrived. Sunny. Warm for March. FootbridgeContinue reading “Selling and East Blean Woods”

International Women’s Day

I write this on March 8th, International Women’s Day. Sunday’s Datrows walk, led by Jan Tebbett, was a walk and talk to celebrate women connected with Canterbury. We assembled in the Dane John gardens. A cold sunny morning, good for a walk if well wrapped up. Replica Victorian bandstand. Burial mound. Learnt that there wasContinue reading “International Women’s Day”

Nonington and Fordwich

First, another Datrows leisurely walk, three miles in the scattered village of Nonington. Sunny Feb 27th, cold wind. The only time i enjoy driving in Kent, quiet Sunday on A2 on the way to a walk.. We meet opposite the Royal Oak pub, now apparently closed for ever. About 25 of us. Into Fredville estate,Continue reading “Nonington and Fordwich”

Mud glorious mud

Second visit to Tong Wood and Ellenden Wood about six km northwest of Canterbury. As countryside access warden, expected an easy walk along bridleways. Being used by horses and cyclists they are often wider and clearer than footpaths. Parked by Denstroude Lane for planned two mile walk. Usual worries about weather and fitness. After galesContinue reading “Mud glorious mud”

Visit to Chestfield

As a countryside access warden feel i should visit all paths in my area. Even if no reason to expect problems. Thursday Feb 3rd a two mile walk in Chestfield, south of A2990 old Thanet Way between Whitstable and Herne Bay. Paths last walked 2014. Ulterior motive: to visit B&Q and Homebase, just off A2990,Continue reading “Visit to Chestfield”

Two Kent villages

Two villages: Selling and Chillenden. Two kinds of walking, solo and in a group. Two parts of my life. Selling is a scattered place between Canterbury and Faversham. Old English Sellingas, hall dwellers. The church, school and white Lion pub are about a mile from the train station, which is at Neames Forstal on OSContinue reading “Two Kent villages”

Happy New Year

Christmas is over, New Year is over. Whatever our customs and rituals, the days lengthen and we can look forward to spring. Though worst of winter is yet to come. My resolutions will be secret except for walking. Intend to continue as Countryside Access Warden and with Datrows (Dover and Thanet Rights of Way Society)Continue reading “Happy New Year”