Meet at the main entrance to the Westgate Gardens at 8:30am.

Meet 8.00 am at St. Martin’s Church

Stour Valley Way towards Fordwich but taking footpath (forking right – off bike route) scary bit after Fordwich for 200 yds (alternative is to walk along Spring Lane and take connecting footpath) then turn right up hill to Stodmarsh Road via CCCU playing field. Across Stodmarsh Rd, footpath straight on then veer right into field and down to Lampen Stream. Turn right along bottom of field following stream for 400 yards, then turn left across stream and up the hill to old waste dump, right onto Swanton Lane, then straight across and down past Firdown Wood. Before the bare field at near Palmstead wood turn right and proceed towards the Hoath Farm but take footpath on left before reaching Hoath Farm and cross Bekesbourne Road to path on other side which leads home via Little Barton House. 6 miles.

Last week’s Around The Woods Walk:

8:30 Meet outside The Launderette, Nunnery Fields

Road and footpath to Rough Common

Church Wood but, this time, through to Bishopsden and Bossenden woods, eventually to Dunkirk

Walk over the A2 bridge at Dunkirk and along the edge of Poundfall Wood down to Forester’s Lodge Farm and then take the footpath into South Bishops Den wood. Various footpaths through to Podhurst Farm, cut down to Bigbury, back over the A2 bridge and into Harbledown then Canterbury.

Packed lunch/drink for stops during the walk.

About 14 miles

Last week’s Canterbury to Elham SSFR1:

Meet at the main entrance to the Westgate Gardens at 8:30am.

The walk will take us along the lower path on Barton Down returning to the city centre via the river path.

The pic taken on the walk last week is of the lads in Sturry Road Community Park.

Meet @ 8:00 am outside the hospital – junction of South Canterbury Road with Ethelbert Road

Walk to Rugby Club then, via Nackington to Bridge Road and into Whitehill Wood: turn left at the cross paths heading towards Bridge.  We continue straight ahead at the next cross paths then, at the path T junction, we turn right along the bridal path, keeping to the side of the woods until we come onto Pett Bottom Road at Little Eaton Farm.  Walking towards the Duck we turn right (Tapleys Hill) and, later, right again (School Lane), proceeding uphill we turn into the woods again at the footpath sign but, as we approach the path, leading to Pett Bottom Road, we turn left towards the centre of the wood and continue straight on; later crossing Bridge Road and back through Nackington, the Rugby Club, turning left at the Langton Path towards Stuppington Lane.  The walk concludes at the junction with South Canterbury Road.

Last week’s Nick’s Walk: