A Little Kentish Magic

Seeking out little moments of magic amidst the humdrum of every day life.

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  • Once or twice a year, we cross the county border into East Sussex for a day in Rye. Less frequently we venture to Hastings, and the last time we did so, we walked along the seafront to St Leonards, saw the signs pointing to Bexhill-on-Sea and dearly wished we could have gone further if we’d Read more

  • Breakfast is my favourite meal of the day, and since my UPF free Lent, I have become obsessed with overnight oats. I’m a basic girl and just soak the oats in water with grated apple and chia seeds, adding fruit and natural yoghurt in the morning – and I really look forward to it. During Read more

  • My daughter and I completed this next part of the coast path on 31st October in gloriously warm sunshine. Although we have walked from Dover to St Margarets and back, and Deal to Kingsdown and back many times before, we have only done the middle section once, and it was the first time that we Read more

  • 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

  • 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