A Little Kentish Magic

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

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  • Festive Fun

    In the run up to Christmas, I normally make an effort to visit a different town every weekend, to see their lights and have a browse around the Christmas markets. Unfortunately this year, there were two weekends with severe storms which coincided with the special Christmas events in Tenterden and Rye, where I decided that… Read more

  • Kent Coast Walk Part 6: Dover to Deal

    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

  • Pooh Sticks, Deer Parks And Autumn Vibes

    Autumn is the perfect time for getting out into the woods to admire the fabulous leaf colour, and a highlight this year was a visit to the Ashdown Forest in East Sussex, the inspiration behind Winnie the Pooh’s Hundred Acre Wood. We caught the bus from East Grinstead to the village of Hartfield on the… Read more

  • A Birthday Jaunt To Devon

    I am a bit weird when it comes to my birthday. I hate a fuss being made and I hate people wishing me happy birthday so much that I actively avoid telling anyone when it is, so that with one or two exceptions, only my immediate family know the date, and we mark the occasion… Read more

  • Kent Coast Walk Part 5: Folkestone to Dover

    I haven’t just done Part 5 of my Kent Coast Walk, hot on the heels of a CFS flare up. We actually completed it on a very hot Sunday at the end of August, but I just haven’t had time to write it up and it is a very belated account. This is a section of… Read more

  • Summer Walks – Revisiting Some Favourites

    The Kent Coast and River Medway walks that we had embarked upon, the day out in Cambridge, and more particularly our recent week away, were all spaced out, but each left me completely drained, and whilst being mindful of not pushing myself into a full CFS relapse, I have still tried to get out and… Read more

  • Kent Coast Walk Part 2: Dungeness to Littlestone-on-Sea

    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