West Malling

 Today's visit was to West Malling, which has one of the longest, and most varied history of any small town in Kent. From the Norman Conquest to World War II, there are reminders everywhere of what an important place it was. As I had already visited Offham today, I didn't have time to explore it all, so I will go back in the not too distant future

This week's target - Whitstable

 Today's ride and walk was to the little harbour town of Whitstable on the North Kent coast.  As usual, full details and pictures are about to be added to the Kent page. If you want to visit somewhere in Kent, you could do a lot worse than Whitstable.

As well as being very pretty, from the beach you can see the Isle of Sheppey, the coast of Essex, and a couple of the forts in the Thames Estuary.

This week's Ride/Walk

 A bit of a disappointment really. Yes, I rode 94 miles and walked 3.5 or thereabouts. But Deal and Walmer (apart from two stunning castles which I will cover another time), have very little to inspire you. But, as usual, pictures will be going up on the Kent page

Poking aroung FAversham

 So, Faversham - who'd a-thought it's almost as attractive as Sandwich, and has more than a fair share of ancient buildings and history to tell. As usual, I'll be adding it all in to the Kent page

These town trails are fun!

 I've just come back from completing my second one. The first one I did was Tenterden, and I was surprised! I thought I knew it well - turns out I didn't.

I've just done Sandwich, which is undoubtedly one of the stars of Kent.  So now, I'm off to update the Kent page with all the information I gleaned and pictures I've taken

More to come in Kent and Sussex.

 I've just come across a wonderful series of little books, that combine town walking trails with little quizzes. I've fallen in love with them, more so since I completed the first one today. They're all based in Kent and a few in East Sussex.

I chose Tenterden for the first one, and although I've lived in this area for most of my life, and thought I knew Tenterden well, I found I really don't!

So, as I complete each one for my own amusement, you will find lots of words and photographs from me.

If you fancy trying these out for yourself and you are in this area, you can buy them at QuizTrails  

So, keep an eye on my Kent page and for updates on Sussex, but don't expect me to give away all the answers.....................

Reminiscing

 With the advent of the warmer weather, and the lack of Covid restrictions, today was an ideal day for pootling about Romney Marsh, revisiting some of my childhood haunts.

So, if you turn to the Kent page, you will see 4 new villages added (Bilsington, Burmarsh, Old Romney and Snave)

I will soon be adding three more found sites of lost Marsh villages, but today wasn't an ideal day to go and photograph them, as there is a lot of road works going on, and several of the roads I would normally need, were closed off So look out for further information later in the year on Blackmanstone, Orgarswick and Eastbridge.

2020 - A very strange year.

With the pandemic still having a firm hold on the world, travelling around has been very difficult. Even now, although we can travel locally to different places, most buildings such as churches etc. are locked and cannot be visited. Therefore, pictures and updates will be scarce for awhile

Indian Summer

No matter how bad our Summer has been, there's always a chance of an Indian Summer in middle to late September, and this year is not disappointing. Despite a couple of chilly weeks, today was absolutely gorgeous, warm, with brilliant sunshine.
So I decided to do something I've not done for ages - an almost complete journey round the coastline of Kent.
I only had a few hours, so I didn't stop to take many pictures. I've photographed most of the places before anyway, and things are very slow to change outside of the big cities in the UK.
However, I have added a couple of new photos to the Kent page, because...............well, just because..........

Deepest Wales

Yet another trip to my favourite part of the British Isles. Found some new roads, and revisited some of my favourite places. I'm very familiar with the villages of Clatter and Knockin (no, not my bike!) but I found one called New Invention this time! Wales page duly updated, although I didn't take too many pictures this trip