Ospringe is a small place in East Kent. Can’t decide if it’s a village. Or a part of Faversham, separated by the A2 here called Ospringe Street. Certainly Water Lane has the feel of a village, with primary school, 12th century church of St Paul and St Peter, and historic Queenhouse farm and Maison Dieu.Continue reading “A short walk in Ospringe”
Tag Archives: walking
Back to Boughton
As a volunteer countryside access warden, i visited Boughton in December 2020. It’s taken four more visits to walk all the footpaths between The Street and Staplestreet Road. Boughton is between Faversham and Canterbury, on the Roman Road which was later called Watling Street. With Kentish originality it is here caled The Street. It isContinue reading “Back to Boughton”
Decrepitude
Walking is simple: children can do it. Put one foot forward, bring the back foot past it, repeat. Walking is easy on a flat surface such as concrete or asphalt. Fairly easy on rural paths of earth, grass, gravel. More difficult in recent times where heavy rain has turned bare earth to mud and floodedContinue reading “Decrepitude”
Urban walks
I have resumed work as a volunteer Countryside Access Warden. Kent County Council have told us to take extra precautions, including maintaining separation especially when working, wearing high visibility jacket and disinfecting any “furniture” touched, such as gates and stiles. I have yet to be very adventurous after lockdown. Have checked paths close to home,Continue reading “Urban walks”
Father and son
Yesterday, June 21st, was Fathers’ Day. A walk with my oldest son seemed appropriate. Also the day after the summer solstice. My home for the past 45 years is about a kilometre from the centre of Canterbury and less from farmland and orchards. In light drizzle we first went to my allotment where i wateredContinue reading “Father and son”
Julius Caesar was here
About three kilometres west of Canterbury was the first recorded battle on British soil. In 55BC Julius Caesar made a brief excursion to this land. In 54BC he returned with a greater force. He wrote that a day’s march from the sea he forded a river. The native Brits took refuge in a hillfort whichContinue reading “Julius Caesar was here”
Pretence of normality
For years i’ve been walking with the Dover and Thanet Rights of Way Society. DATROWS for short. Most of their walks are five or six miles, too much for my ageing legs. I’ve led a few”leisurely” three mile walks. The schedule had me doing this today, Sunday May 24th. The lockdown has cancelled all walks.Continue reading “Pretence of normality”
Cricket or walking?
One of my interests is cricket. BBC Radio 5X have re-broadcast ball-by-ball commentary on the epic Edgbaston Test of 2005 between England and Australia. On Sunday August 7th Australia needed an unlikely 107 runs to win. England only needed to take two wickets. What’s this got to do with walking? In those fitter days iContinue reading “Cricket or walking?”
Walking in sunshine
Would like to ignore politics, especially on a sunny day when walking is a pleasure. But. I can’t ignore Bloody Stupid Johnson (acknowledgment to Terry Pratchett for the name) I’ve been calling him that since his first televised address on The Virus. At the end of incoherent bluster he said that Britain led the worldContinue reading “Walking in sunshine”
Could be last walk for a while?
Things are changing too fast for reasoned comment. Government guidelines permit outdoor exercise. But the health secretary says we should all stay indoors. So why are shops and garages open? If everyone stayed at home society would collapse. Enough! My Exercise Walk today (Sunday April 5th) was very different from last Sunday’s. Last week hadContinue reading “Could be last walk for a while?”
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