walking
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After the success of our summer Wingham walk from our Year Round Walks book by Michael Easterbrook, we determined that we would try and do one new walk from the book each season. The walk that we selected from the Autumn section was a 4 mile circular in Headcorn, a village in the Low Weald Read more
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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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Wingham is a village half way between Canterbury and Sandwich, and being on the main bus route between the two, is a perfect place for exploring the surrounding countryside. The first of the walks that we did this summer was from the ‘Kent Year Round Walks’ book, which we have had for a little while Read more
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Kentish cherry season is underway. The general fruit and vegetable stall in the town has been selling cherries for a while now, but it is always more exciting when the Faversham cherry lady arrives with her stall, and there is always a queue of people waiting to buy a pound of cherries from her laden Read more
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Augustine was a 6th century monk, who in 595 was sent by Pope Gregory, along with a band of 40 other monks, to bring Christianity to England. He got as far as Southern Gaul before tales of the ferocity of the Anglo Saxons and the perils of the English Channel saw him turn and return 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 spirits were definitely lifted by the recent beautiful weather. I am finding my daily walk to be a bit of a chore but I enjoyed sitting on a bench in the park at the end, reading my book and soaking up some much needed warmth and sunshine. Although it has now turned cold again, Read more
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I love Christmas but always approach the new year with a certain amount of trepidation. For as long as I can remember I have just felt terribly sad as the old year comes to an end, and having written a diary since the age of seven, the empty pages of a new volume have always Read more
A Little Kentish Magic 