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A couple of years ago, I visited the Orchard Tea Garden in Grantchester and I have wanted to go back ever since. Is there anything more quintessentially English than sitting in a deck chair in an orchard, tucking into a cream tea? I think not! Then, when I discovered that the University Library was holding… Read more
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To be honest, this walk was just intended to be a stand alone one, and only came about because I wanted to go to Teapot Island. I’d come across several mentions of this cafe with its Guinness World Record collection of teapots over the years, and stored it away in the back of my mind… Read more
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Although this is a section that I have done multiple times before (I am a big fan of both Hythe and Folkestone and often combine them with a walk), I have set myself the goal of completing the coast path in order, and so needed to do it again before I can move on. I… Read more
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This has been my favourite of the Kent Coastal Path walks so far, but then I have only done three to choose from! I had been really looking forward to it as it is the first one so far that actually veers away from the road for most of the route, and so it was… Read more
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I work in a school, and the last few weeks of term have been incredibly busy and stressful as I have been organising an activity week. Months in advance I am always full of what I think are fantastic ideas, but then as it gets closer and I have to put them all into place,… Read more
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My two coastal walks pretty much zapped my energy for the whole of June, and having had to take a couple of days of sick leave, I really needed to make sure that I kept to my more usual routine of shorter morning walks and afternoon naps. Two successive walks in Faversham involved cow encounters!… Read more
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Two long bus journeys and I was back in Dungeness, ready to begin part 2 of my Kent Coast Walk. My expectations hadn’t been particularly high, as the route mostly just followed the coast road that I had been along many times before, and so I knew pretty much what to expect, but in fact… Read more
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I have been wanting to walk the Kent Coast for a few years now but my daughter, who is my usual walking companion, couldn’t see the point because we have done so much of it in assorted directions already. However, I really want to do it in order, from start to finish and, as I… Read more
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May seems a good starting place for this blog. One of my favourite months; the weather is warming up, the days are getting longer and the great outdoors is calling. I celebrated May Day with a blossom and bluebell walk along part of the North Downs Way which seemed appropriately Spring like, although having overheard… Read more
A Little Kentish Magic 