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This is my great grandfather, Feliciano. He has always been a skeleton in the family cupboard, as he abandoned his wife and young family and went off to live with a second secret family that he had been keeping in London. As a result, nobody ever spoke about him, although my paternal grandmother would occasionally… Read more
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We were back with the buses today, as both start and finish destinations can be reached by direct bus but both would involve a change of trains. Unfortunately, the Birchington bus stop is at the opposite end of the high street from the sea front, meaning additional mileage in an already – for my current… Read more
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Aaaahhhh, Dymchurch: ‘Children’s Paradise’ as the sign proudly proclaims as you drive into the village. And to be honest, I would have to agree! I have very many happy memories of summers spent on the beach there when my children were small. As the tide receded over the vast expanse of sand, it would leave… Read more
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From the pastoral nature of The Haywain, you could be forgiven for thinking that the inspiration for John Constable’s most famous work, would be in the heart of the English countryside and difficult to access by public transport. In fact it can be done as an easy day trip by train, as I discovered when… Read more
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Cliffe probably wouldn’t have made it onto the random generator if it hadn’t been for a conversation with my younger son recently, in which we both talked about wanting to visit Cooling (for reasons which will become apparent). It is quite difficult to reach by public transport (as is Cooling!) but he has a car,… Read more
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There were a LOT of towns and villages beginning with the letter B, many of which we had never heard of. We eliminated the majority however because they were either too small, too difficult to reach by public transport, were residential conurbations of bigger towns, or, in the case of Bromley and Bexleyheath, decreed by… Read more
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After almost missing my train because there was a queue at the one counter that was open and the ticket machine didn’t recognise Birchington as a destination (the chap on the barrier told me that this was a common problem as I speedily tried to purchase a ticket online), I arrived in Margate where the… Read more
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I had been dithering over whether to tackle this next section of walk. It comes in at around 10km and I wasn’t really sure whether I had built up enough stamina to tackle that distance yet. I decided to risk it, take it slowly and have plenty of stops. I was awake early, so packed… Read more
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We have a lot of books of walks, and are constantly discovering new ones online, but it is very easy to fall into a routine of the same familiar favourites – especially when we are reliant on public transport, so travelling a bit further afield can sometimes seem a bit of an effort. Whenever we… Read more
