Meet at the main entrance of the Wesgate Gardens at 8:30am. As yet a route for the walk is undecided.
It will be decided on the day if we finish the walk with coffee or go home to get changed for the Striders annual Christmas lunch booked for 1:30pm at the Foundry.
The pic taken on the walk last week is of the Three Amigos enjoying the winter sunshine.
Walk to Rugby Club then, via Nackington to Bridge Road and into Whitehill Wood: where four paths cross, carry straight on and, at the next junction, take the path furthest to the right and continue straight ahead. At the footpath bifurcation, bear left, joining School Lane, head down the hill towards Pett Bottom, at the bottom of the hill, by the Duck, turn left, onto Pett Bottom Road. Proceed along the road to Little Eaton Farm joining the footpath on the left, back to Whitehill Woods. We keep to the righthand footpath until we begin to exit the woods, where we take the left hand footpath and, at the next footpath junction, turn right, through the orchard, across Bridge Road, then along the footpath by the side of the poly tunnels until we reach the fire break where we descend the hill and cross to the footpath, returning us to the Nackington footpath and back the way we came.
About 7 miles.
Last week’s Reverse Nick’s Walk:
Meet 8.30am at St Martins Church
The walk is about 12 miles, with regular buses back from Herne. There is the option of a shorter walk (about 9 miles) by getting the bus back from Upstreet. Bring a packed lunch.
We take the cycle path through Old Park and join with the cycle route to Fordwich. The the Stour Valley Way from Fordwich to Stodmarsh, and the path through the Stodmarsh bird reserve to Grove Ferry. Footpath to Upstreet, then cross the main road and take the footpath to Chitty. From Chitty we take small roads through Chislet and Millbank to Herne.
Last week’s walk to Elham:
Meet at the main entrance to the Westgate Gardens at 8:30am. A route for the walk this week will be decided on the day but it will be no longer than two hours.
Meet at St. Mary Bredin Church at 8:00am
Toddler’s cove via Lansdown Road
Cross Toddler’s Cove, walk under the ring road bridge and then over the railway bridge, across to St. Dunstan’s Terrace, over London Road ending up on the footpath towards Rough Common. When we are near the Blean water tower we turn left and walk down towards the Harbledown Bridge – crossing into Harbledown and walking through the grounds of St Nicholas’s Hospital. We then take the footpath under the A2 bridge and work our way down to the Chartham Cycle path, by the Thannington footbridge over the Stour, turn left and back to Toddler’s Cover then under the ring road, towards the East Station and Lansdown Road where the walk concludes. 6 miles
Last week’s The Steve’s Walk:
