For the Love of the British Isles: A BALLOON FLIGHT OVER EAST KENT

Something I love is hot-air ballooning. The following pictures were taken on a flight over East Kent, in particular, the Elham Valley, early one evening.
This is Broome Park, between Canterbury and Dover, where the flight started.

Broome Park, now a golf club, lays on the edge of Barham, in the Barham Downs. This elegant 17th. century mansion was designed by Inigo Jones.

In 1911, it was sold to Lord Kitchener, who had a cupboard built into the panelling of his study so that he could hide whenever he spotted a lady approaching the house, in case she turned out to be a suffragette!

It does have the most exquisite formal gardens

the verdant Kent countryside

looking down on Lyminge

For the Love of the British Isles

The one thing I love, is riding my motorcycles around the beautiful British Isles. This is a collection of some of the places I've been, and seen.

These small islands are an entire library of different geographies, history back to the dawn of time, and some of the most beautiful places in the world.

The pages are split into counties and two or three of the largest cities, and will be updated by me, whenever I come back from my travels.

Please take the time to explore them, as I myself explore the real thing. Oh, and don't imagine all of the posts will be about well-known places. I like the unusual and the obscure.

I hope you enjoy them!

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For the Love of the British Isles

Twinkle at Highland Court, Kent

A BALLOON FLIGHT OVER EAST KENT

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