Hornet at Yalding

Hornet at Yalding
Hornet at Yalding

Sunday, 12 October 2025

Farm Shop visit.

There's a lovely farm shop on the outskirts of Brookland, where I get my fresh vegetables and fruit, and where the lady makes her own sausages in a wide variety of flavours, depending on the season. Our favourite is Pork with Cheese and Marmite. 

It's called The Old Tractor Shed, and all they stock is locally sourced and thoroughly delicious. Today's haul also included banoffee meringues, sparkling fruit drinks, pickled pears, and a carrot and cardomum chutney.

So, Twinkle duly weighed down with seasonal veggies, I decided to stop a couple of times on the way home, and add a couple of small items to places already covered. Thus I have finally added the village sign for Brenzett, and the new memorial in the middle of Ham Street.

Off now, to make a big batch of leek and potato soup for the freezer, and then decide what I can do with an assortment of tomatoes in all colours, shapes and sizes..............

Wednesday, 8 October 2025

More of Faversham.

One of the things I didn't manage to do when I took a stroll around Faversham in Kent, was visit the church of St. Mary of Charity in the town centre.  

There was a service in progress at the time, so of course, I couldn't intrude. There are still other areas of the town I haven't walked yet, but this was by far the most important.

Today I managed it. It was in the process of being cleaned, and was virtually unlit, so I couldn't photograph everything clearly. There are also a lot of monuments mounted high on the walls that I couldn't read, and still others that are worn away so much as to be indecipherable.

However, I have noted what I could, and I hope further investigations will reveal even more of interest.  I'm about to start uploading some 70-odd photos, and then I will start researching what I can. 

I've included a little about King Stephen, who was buried here, but it is well-worth finding out more than I can put here about him and the Empress Matilda.