Thursday – 8 December, 2016
Meet Canterbury West station for train to Wye @ 9:06 cost £3.65 with railcard, arrives 9:20
Wye/Hastingleigh/Lymbridge Green/Rhodes Minnis/Elham
Leisurely pace should get us there in 4 hours.
Enjoy the luxuries on offer at the Cosy Tea Rooms then……
17 Bus back to Canterbury 14:50 (one after is 16:20)
Approximately 11 miles
Last week’s walk from Canterbury and Sandwich – the chums approaching Adisham in the morning sun
Silver Striders
Contubernii Primum
Thursday – 1 December, 2016
WE LAST DID THIS WALK IN JULY – IT WILL BE INTERESTING TO SEE HOW THE LAND HAS CHANGED IN THE INTERIM (and before that we did it in March)
Meet outside 25 St Augustine’s Road 8:30
NDW to Patrixbourne/Shepherd’s Close Road/FPs to Adisham/Bossington/Neavy Downs/Gibson’s Farmshop (lunch stop)
Late breakfast: GIBSON’S FARMSHOP
The eponymous ‘Hungry Farmer’: http://www.gibsonsfarmshop.com/cafe/
Afternoon take Goodnestone Road/Twitham Hill/Crixhall Court/Buckland Lane/Summerfield Farm/Black Pond Farm/Beacon Hill/Marshborough – Vine Farm/Great Poulder’s Farm/Sandwich
Distance 15 miles
There is always the possibility of refreshment in the Red Cow, Sandwich at the end of the walk
Buses from Sandwich to Canterbury:
Buses 13 13A 14 (around 45 mins)
13:57 14:12 14:29 14:57 15:12 15:29 15:57 16:25
Last week en route to Lenham from Teynham (Huw’s Walk):
and inside Doddington Church:
This week Huw is in charge of the maps.
This is next week’s walk – prepared by me, delegated for this week from chief walk creator John.
Train to Teynham, then to Lynsted, then via Sharsted Plantation to Doddington; then via Jackson’s Wood, Solomon’s Cottages to Payden St Farm and then to Lenham station.
I estimate it at 20km, 12.5 miles, probably 5 hours.
These are the likely trains for the walk:
Canterbury East to Lenham 8.22 – 8.42 £9.00
9.09 – 9.29 £9.00
9.48 – 10.08 £9.00 or £5.06 for oldies
Lenham – Canterbury West 13.36 – 14.27 £12.20 or £8.05 for oldies
14.36 – 15.27 £12.20 or £8.05 for oldies
15.36 – 16.27 £12.20 or £8.05 for oldies
We could do a packed lunch or stop for a lunch in the Harrow Inn at Warren Street – a slight detour from Payden Street or the pub in Doddington..
If we get the 9.48 arriving at Tenham at 10.08, this should give us an arrival at Lenham in time for the 15.36.
Huw
Last week’s Faversham from the south side walk:
9:00 Meet corner of Old Dover Road/Nunnery Fields/Oaten Hill
London Road Roundabout
Proceed along Mill Lane and North Downs Way
Bridge across A2
Podhurst Farm
Denstead Wood/Court Wood/Winterbourne Wood
South Street/Brenley/Westwood Court
Faversham – Eat at one of The Yard, Havershams, Cosgroves (Preston Street) or The Bear or travel back to Canterbury
About 11 miles or 4 hours
Trains (£3.50 with Railcard)
12:08, 12:24, 13:08, 13:24 (11/13 MINS)
Buses
13:16 (3 @ 35 mins)
13:36 (3X @ 25 mins)
13:46 (3B @ 35 mins)
14:06 (3X @ 25 mins)
14:16 (3 @ 35 mins)
14:31 (3X @ 25 mins)
14:54 (3X @ 25 mins)
LAST WEEK: LOOKING BACK TO GOODNESTONE CHURCH FROM THE FOOTPATH TO WINGHAM
Packed lunch
Meet at Canterbury East to catch 9:20 train to Sibertswold (Shepherds Well) – 10 mins journey time. Cost £3:50 with Railcard.
Sibertswold/Barfrestone/Nonington/Goodnestone/Wingham/Ickham/Littlebourne – about 10 miles.
At Littlebourne there is the Pub, should one desire refreshment; the Bus back – 14:02, 14:24, 14:42, 14:42, 14:56 etc. all take 13 mins or the alternative of walking 4/5 miles further to Canterbury.
Last week’s walk: Striders gather for final onslaught on Wye
