Meet outside 25 St Augustine’s Road @ 8:30 am
The Elham Valley Way (this is longer than the more direct route via Pett Bottom)
Canterbury to Elham (via Bifrons Park/Bridge/Kingston/Barham) plus a minor variation near the end of the walk
13 miles
Lunch or beverage at the Cosy then bus home perhaps?
No 17 Bus from Elham to Canterbury
12:28 (about 40 mins)
12:47 (bus 18)
13:28
14:43
Last week’s Marley Oval walk near Bihopsbourne Church:
Meet outside 25 St Augustine’s Road @ 8:30am
EVW Hode Farm, then footpath to Bridge A2 intersection, then under the A2 and into Bridge – to the Church then EVW through Bishopsbourne to Kingston – at Kingston we take the yellow roads to Marley via Marley Lane and later we take the footpath off to Westwood. From Westwood we take SSFR1 back to Canterbury; via Pett Bottom and Nackington.
13.5 miles
LAST WEEK’s WALK, the Woodlanders in West Blean Nature Reserve:
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 19/20 mile Canterbury Eastern Circle walk:
Meet outside 25 St. Augustine’s Road at 8:30am
NDW & EVW through Barton, left by Hode Farm, past Haystack Wood then Bekesborne Lane (care needed as B road). We take the footpath, which passes Palmsted Wood and Firdown Wood then cross A257 into Swanton Lane and follow this until it becomes Hoolybush Lane eventually turning left into Stodmarsh and then follow Lampen Wall around the Nature Reserve till we get to Grove Ferry. We then take the footpath leading to Island Road, which we cross and make our way to Chitty – Chitty Lane, Hollow Road, Old Tree Farm, Mill Road and finally Hoath. We walk through Hoath and then south, very carefully along the B Road, till we reach Bredlands Lane; from there we go down to the Roman Road and cross it taking the yellow road into Westbere and then onto the footpath by the railway line to near Sturry Station before crossing the line and taking footpath and pavement into Fordwich till we get to the footpath for the SVW following it back to St Martin’s Church, Canterbury where the walk ends.
19 miles
Packed Lunch
Last week’s walk:
Meet outside K & C Hospital, corner of Ethelbert and South Canterbury Roads at 8:30am
Silver Striders Fast Route to Elham
Lunch at the Cosy Cafe
Then onto Lyminge/Postling/Stanford/Westernhanger (mainly footpaths)
About 16 miles (10 morning, 6 afternoon)
Trains back from Westernhanger to CBW (change at Ashford) approx. 40 mins. Leaving at: 15:19, 16:19, 16:46, 17:19
Cost £7.65 with railcard
Last week’s walk to Sandwich:
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 [BREAKFAST] stop).
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 14 miles
There is always the possibility of refreshment in the Red Cow, Sandwich at the end of the walk
Buses from Sandwich to Canterbury:
Bus 43 (around 40 mins)
13:46 14:06 14:26 14:46 15:06 15:26 15:30 16:26
Last week’s walk to Denton – three men, one vision:
Meet by the Hospital – corner of South Canterbury Road/Ethelbert Road @ 8:30 am
Pett Bottom/Covet Wood/Covert Wood/Denton
About 11/12 miles
Possible lunch at the Jackdaw before bus back to Canterbury – we can decide on the day.
Return by bus:
Number 16 – 17 mins
12:49;13:01;13:19;13:31;13:49;14:01;14:19;14:31;14:49
Last week’s Herne Bay Express Walk near Woodlands Farm, Sturry:
Meet outside 25 St Augustine’s Road at 8:30am
SVW to Fordwich/Sturry/across the railway line and up to Broad Oak/Herne/Herne Bay
About 11 miles
Lunch – maybe the Wallflower Cafe – we can decide en route
Return by bus:
13:05 (TRIAN) 35 mins
13:20 (TRIAN) 35 mins
13:35 (TRIAN) 35 mins
13:50 (TRIAN) 35 mins
14:05 (TRIAN) 35 mins
Last week – en route to Ashford on top of the Downs before going down to Wye:
Meet at the corner of South Canterbury Road and Stuppington Lane at 8:30am
Morning
Garlinge Green/through Denge Wood crossing Penny Pot Lane into Barton Wood/through Wye Nature Reserve/cross Sole Street for footpath to Crundale/down and up and down to Wye/lunch at Wye Coffee & Kitchen
Afternoon
Wye/footpath and yellow road to Blackwall Road then across the A2070 for the footpath to Ashford Town Centre and then to the Station.
About 17 miles
Trains from Ashford to Canterbury West. Cost £4.70 with railcard.
15:05; 15:35; 15:52; 16:05; 16:35; 16:52; 17:05
Last week’s walk between Stowting and Lyminge:
Meet by the hospital – corner of South Canterbury Road/Ethelbert Road @ 8:00 am – to allow us time to have lunch at the Tiger and then walk to Lyminge to catch the bus home.
Walk to Nackington, then criss cross various paths to Petham and then a mixture of footpath and road to Stowting, where we stop at the Tiger for lunch.
About 13.5 miles (total, including afternoon about 16 miles)
Lunch at the Tiger (Stowting)
Footpath and road to Lyminge from the Tiger – about 2 1/2 miles to catch the bus back to Canterbury:
No: 17 @ 14:43 40 mins
No: 18 @ 15:12 53 mins
No: 17 @ 16:13 45 mins
We last did this walk but only to the Tiger in October 2016.
Last week a sheep befriends the Striders on the walk to Elham:
