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Living in the part of Kent that we do, we are surrounded by orchards – mostly apples, but pears and cherries too – and many of our local walks take us through them. I think I like them most in the spring when the trees are smothered with delicate pink blossoms, but there is something Read more
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In the summer of 2023, my younger son passed his driving test, the first of my children to do so, and for my birthday that year, he made me a voucher for two trips to anywhere in Kent that I wanted to go. I was absolutely delighted, but such was my desire to pick the Read more
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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
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The weather has been gloriously sunny in England this spring, and with a very gradual phased return planned for after the Easter holidays, and aware that once I was back at work, even with reduced hours, I was likely to be too exhausted to do anything in my free time, I was keen to get 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
A Little Kentish Magic 