PACKED LUNCH
Meet Canterbury West station to catch 9:06 to Maidstone East (arrives 10:01)
Return ticket with railcard costs £10:95
Maidstone East – Len Valley Walk
Maidstone, Mote Park, Downswood, Otham, Leeds, Broomfield, Harrietshm, Lenham
Download map at: https://www.plotaroute.com/route/176318
Return from Lenham on 15:36 (direct train 51m) to Canterbury West. Other trains at 13 mins (change at Ashford) and 36 mins (direct) past the hour.
Last week’s wonderful walk from Wye to Elham:
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
Packed lunch
Meet corner of Stuppington Lane with South Canterbury Road @ 9:00
Proceed to Garlinge Green (possibly via Larkey Wood)
Through the Wildwood to Crundale
Up and down the fields to Crundale Church
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:
14:11 (16 mins)
14:41 (12 mins)
15:11 (16 mins)
15:41 (12 mins)
£3.65 with Railcard
Last week’s walk between Shottenden and Badlesmere
Meet outside at the crossroads ODR/Nunnery Fields/Oaten Hill opposite St. Mary Bredin Church @ 8:00am
Canterbury/Toddler’s Cover/Stour Valley Walk to Chartham Hatch, then North Downs Way out of Chartham Hatch onto Old Wives Lees, then North West, up the brown road for a short way, take New Forest Lane to Shottenden (mainly yellow road with some footpath). Yellow road from Shottenden to Woods Court and then footpath to Badlesmere and lunch stop – The Red Lion (approx. 12 miles).
Cross main road outside The Red Lion; footpath by Leaveland and join another path, later, direction of Bell’s Forstal, then yellow roads and footpaths West by South West, crossing down to Stalisfield, then South of Otterden, eventually rejoining the North Downs Way heading West towards Lenham – destination Lenham Train Station (approx 10 miles).
Total approx. 22 miles
Train from Lenham to Canterbury. Cost with Senior Railcard £8.05.
16:13 (43 mins)
16:36 (51 mins)
17:13 (43 mins)
17:36 (48 mins)
18:27 (44 mins)
There is also the 10X bus service between Lenham and Ashford (27 mins), which could be useful:
16:04; 16:34; 18:03; 19:18.
LAST WEEK’S WICKHAMBREAUX CIRCLE WALK VIA THE ROSE PUB (HIGH APPROVAL RATING FROM THE STRIDERS)
Meet outside 25 St Augustine’s Road @ 8:30am
Canterbury to Fordwich to Stodmarsh to Grove Ferry (through the Nature Reserve) then on to the Wickhambreaux Valley and slowly down to Wichambreaux. Lunch at The Rose, Wickhambreaux thence back to Canterbury via Littlebourne.
About 15 miles
Last week’s walk – the Striders stop for a photo en route to Stowting
Meet corner of South Canterbury Road/Stuppington Lane @ 8:30am
Walk to Nackington, then through Whitehill Wood. We then swing right, passing just to the south of Lower Hardres, and taking a bridleway via Cobsdane Wood and Shoot Wood, across Stone St and down into Petham. Hardly anything on roads so far. I calculate this as about 5 miles.
From Petham we go south on a footpath which goes off the 150 map at the bottom just to the right of grid no 13. On to map 138.
We then wiggle our way south for about 5 miles to Bodsham, via footpaths and a bit of yellow road. I can show you tomorrow on my map.
From Bodsham we continue south-east to Stowting.
About 12.5 miles
Lunch at the Tiger (Stowting)
Return by car (boots deposited in back of car) – Car takes five
Last week’s walk – NORTH OF STURRY Heading to Broad Oak and Whitstable ( a broken writst poses no problem to this sturdy silver strider):
