8:30 Meet outside St Mary Bredin Church, Nunnery Fields

Road and footpath to Rough Common

Church Wood through to Courtney Road and through the woods till we get to the

Herne Hill footpath, crossing Thanet Way between Kemdale Wood and Fostall.

Footpaths to Sandbanks Road, Nagden Cottages then SSW into Faversham.

Take bus back or lunch – to be decided
About 12/13 miles

Buses back:

3 (34 mins) 3X (29 mins) 3B (34 mins)

Trains back to the East station: 12:26; 13:10; 13:26; 14:10; 14:26

Last week’s 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

Return by frequent bus service to Canterbury

A moment of enlightenment for the Striders during last week’s Marley Oval walk:

Meet outside 25 St Augustine’s Road @ 8:30am

Last year we completed this walk in fairly deep snow on 1 March, 2018 – it was wonderful!

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 Northern Circle Walk:

This is the same walk we did on 13 December last year but in reverse.

Meet outside 25 St Augustine’s Road at 8:30 am

Walk over to North Holmes Road, St. Radigunds, West Station Roundabout, through the tunnel and onto St Stephen’s Green then across to Hales Place and onto the footpath through Hackington towards Alcroft Grange then South to North through West Blean Nature Reserve then working across Sheepfold, the Golf Course, later crossing Radfall Road at Chestfield. We then head South through Clowes Wood towards Amery Court, later we cross into Church Wood and make our way to Rough Common, then the footpath back to St Dunstan’s and into the City.
Mileage 17 miles.

Last week’s Canterbury to Elham (via Bossingham and Stelling Minnis) Walk:

Meet outside the hospital: junction of South Canterbury Road with Ethelbert Road @ 8:30 am

Footpath to Rugby Club then Nakington, follow on through Whitehill Wood but this time we take the yellow road down to The Duck. We then take the footpath to Broxhall Wood, Broxhall Road then path down by Hardres Court Farm, along the road to the footpath, which leads to Bossingham. We follow a bit of yellow road but then take the footpath through Atchester Wood, then yellow roads along to Stelling Minnis where we take the footpath through Elhampark Wood to Upper Park Gate Farm then straight down and into (road/footpath) Elham.

The Cosy Tea Rooms for lunch.

Approximately 12 miles.

Number 17 Bus back to Canterbury:

13:42

earlier would be 12:42, later would be 14:50

Last week’s walk to the Badlands:

**Packed Lunch**

Meet at the corner of Nunnery Fields with Old Dover Road – opposite St Mary Bredin Church at 8:30

London Road roundabout/footpath to Bigberry/Chartham Hatch/Primrose Hill/Denstead Wood/Rhode Common/Perry Wood/Stocking Wood/Badlesmere.

There is the Red Lion here should we fancy some refreshment.

Buses back to Canterbury (change at Faversham)
bus 666 – 12:55; 13:55; 15:30; 16:24
We take bus 3X from Faversham back to Canterbury – whole journey one hour.

Distance: 14 miles

Last week’s Canterbury to Herne Bay Walk:

Meet outside 25 St Augustine’s Road at 8:00am**note earlier departure time for this walk only*

SVW to Fordwich/Sturry/across the railway line and up to Broad Oak/Herne/Herne Bay

About 11 miles

Back to Canterbury by bus or…..
Steve **Cinema Special** only £5
Kavanagh Cinema – for 11am or as soon as possible thereafter to see ‘A Star Is Born’ with Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper, followed by:

Lunch – the Wallflower Cafe if we can find seats

Frequent Triangle Buses back to Canterbury.

Last week’s Canterbury to Ashford walk:

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PACKED LUNCH
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 (best place to eat one’s packed lunch)/down and up and down to Wye – possible tea/coffee break at the cafe in Wye – satisfactory for tea/coffee

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 £5.40 with railcard.

14:05; 14:35; 14:52; 15:05; 15:35; 15:52; 16:05

Last week’s walk to Denton:

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

12:58;13:18;13:38;13:58;14:18;14:38;14:58

Last week’s Canterbury/Stowting/Lyminge walk:

***Packed Lunch***
Meet by the hospital – corner of South Canterbury Road/Ethelbert Road @ 8:30 am

Walk to Nackington, then criss cross various paths to Petham and then a mixture of footpath and road to Stowting, then on to Lyminge.

About 16 miles

No: 17 @ 13:35 40 mins
No: 17 @ 14:43 40 mins
No: 18 @ 15:12 53 mins
No: 17 @ 16:08 45 mins

We last did this walk in January 2018.

Last week’s Canterbury/Hassel Street/Wye walk: