Please bring a packed lunch

8:30 Meet at junction of Old Dover Road/Nunnery Fields/Oaten Hill

Proceed to Harbledown/London Road roundabout/Golden Hill

Towards Chartham Hatch via No Man’s Orchard

Hunstead Wood/Nickie Wood/Bower Wood/Ash Stubb/Beech Pollard/Rhode Common

Perrywood/Shepherds Hill/Lees Court/Sheldwich

Old Badgin’s Road/Badgin Wood/Whitehill/Vicarage Lane

Footpath that goes across Brogdale Road and out to the A2 in Faversham close to the Town Centre and Station

Approx: 15 miles (break for packed lunch at around 10 miles)

Bus from Faversham to Canterbury: 3, 3A, 3B, 3X (about 30 mins) – lots of buses.

Train from Faversham to Canterbury East

8 and 24 mins past the hour (about 12 mins)

Last week’s walk to Wye via Hassle Street (Barry & Nick decided to add a further 7 miles by walking to Chilham after lunch at the Tickled Trout)

Meet corner of Stuppington Lane and South Canterbury Road 8:30 am

Proceed to New House Lane toward Kenfield Hall, then Petham, Mounts Wood, Hassell Street, then West to the Wye Downs, Wye.

When we last did this, on 29 December, 2016, it clocked 12.9 miles

Lunch at the one of The King’s Head, Wye Coffee Shop & Kitchen or The Tickled Trout

Back by train to Canterbury West:

13:11, 13:38, 14:11, 14:41, 15:11, 15:41

Cost (with Silver Striders railcard) £3:70

Last week’s very sunny walk crossing Bramling Downs en route to Littlebourne

Thursday – 20 April, 2017 – Sibertswold to Littleborne (about 10 miles) – this walk offers a slight variation to previous walks between these villages by approaching Littlebourne from south of the A257

Packed lunch

Meet at Canterbury East to catch 9:20 train to Sibertswold (Shepherds Well) – 10 mins journey time. Cost £3:55 with Railcard.

Sibertswold/Barfrestone/Nonington/Goodnestone/Muddy Bush Corner/Bramling Downs/Littlebourne – about 10 miles.

At Littlebourne there is the Pub, should one desire refreshment; the Bus back – 13:02, 13:24, 13:42, 14:02, 14:23, 14:42, 14:56, 15:02 etc. all take 13 mins.

On last week’s walk near Hastingleigh Church

Thursday – 13 April, 2017

Meet Canterbury West station for train to Wye @ 9:06 cost £3.70 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)

Accurate mileage 10 miles

Lonesome Striders from last week’s sunny walk to Whitstable

Meet outside 25 St Augustines Road at 8:30am

Proceed to Stour Valley Way footpath past St Martin’s Church
Fordwich
Sturry
over the rail line
Broad Oak
Thornden Wood
Chestfield
Whitstable

About 11 miles

Lunch – somewhere in Whitstable (maybe Tea & Times)

Last week’s walk – coming off the top of the Downs to Wye

Packed lunch

Meet corner of Stuppington Lane with South Canterbury Road @ 8:30

Proceed to Garlinge Green (possibly via Larkey Wood)

Through the Wildwood to Crundale

Up and down the fields to Crundale Church – Lunch Break

Down to the Farm in the Valley (where the home in the valley meets the damp dirty prison as Bob Dylan says)

Up again to the top of the downs and then down to Wye via the radio mast site

11 miles (more or less)

A beer at the Tickled Trout maybe…..before the long journey back to Canterbury.

Trains back to Canterbury West:

13:11 (16 mins)

13:38 (12 mins)

14:11 (16 mins)

14:41 (12 mins)

15:11 (16 mins)

£3.70 with Railcard

Last week’s walk to Sandwich (14 miles)

WE LAST DID THIS WALK ON 21 July, 2016

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)

LUNCH: The Hungry Strider Breakfast or something less hearty
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 (official)
or leave halfway at Wingham (lots of buses to Canterbury) for a shorter walk?

Buses from Sandwich to Canterbury:

Buses 13 13A 14 (around 45 mins)

14:12 14:29 14:57 15:13 15:29 15:57

Last week’s walk, in King’s Wood, en route to Wye via Bilting

Meet corner of South Canterbury Road and Stuppington Lane at 8:30

PLEASE BRING A PACKED LUNCH