SSFR – WHAT IS IT?

Silver Striders Fast Route (tried and tested direct route)

Fast routes are the first half of a walk, which will take the whole day.

SSFR 1 (CANTERBURY TO ELHAM)

SSFR 2 (CANTERBURY TO BADLESMERE)

PLUCK’S GUTTER 3 – THURSDAY, 7 JULY, 2016

SILVER STRIDERS
CONTUBERNII PRIMUM
8:30 Meet outside 25 St Augustine’s Road
Proceed Stour Valley Walk by side of St. Martin’s Church
Fordwich, Stodmarsh, Nature Reserve, Grove Ferry, Stourmouth, Pluck’s Gutter
Lunch: Dog and Duck, Pluck’s Gutter
If you wish to return from Pluck’s Gutter to Canterbury
Bus 11: 12:23, 13:32, 14:23, takes about 50 mins
Afternoon:
Saxon Shore Way the South along Westmarsh Drove footpath then Hoaden
Continue, cross A257 then footpaths into Wingham:
Buses from Wingham to Canterbury: 13, 13A, 14 (less than 20 mins)
14:55, 15:18, 15:36, 15:56. 16:04, 16:18, 16:48, 16:56
IMG_0413last week’s walk to charing – between badlesmere and charing – great walk, even though we got soaked within the first hour – later it cleared and by old wives leas we decided to carry on.  about 18/19 miles.  there is no pub in charing any more but we did find a very good tea room, where toasted tea cakes, strawberry jam and pots of tea revived us before heading to the station for the direct train to canterbury west.

Thursday 30 June, 2016 – Canterbury to Charing (approx 17miles) meet 8:00

POSTPONED TO THURSDAY 30 JUNE, 2016

SILVER STRIDERS
CONTUBERNII PRIMUM
***BRING A PACKED LUNCH***
Packed lunch because we want to be sure to catch the train from Charing back to Canterbury – a stop at the Red Lion could delay us.
 
8:00 Meet at Corner of Old Dover Road/Nunnery Fields
 
8:15 Collection point for other side of town Striders – Toddlers Cove
 
SSFR 2 to Badlesmere then footpaths and some yellow roads to Charing
 
Direct train from Charing to Canterbury West (44 mins)
 
14:41 or more likely
 
15:41
 
cost £7:00 with railcard
LAST WEEK’S WALK TO FAVERSHAM (lots of it through the woods) – finishing up at the yard in Faversham

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THURSDAY 16 JUNE 2016 @ 8:00

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LAST WEEK SITTING OUTSIDE CRUNDALE CHURCH, FOR A BRIEF MOMENT OF REPOSE, BEFORE THE FINAL ONSLAUGHT ON WYE

SILVER STRIDERS
CONTUBERNII PRIMUM

8:00 Meet corner of Old Dover Road/Nunnery Fields/Oaten Hill

8:20 Join at London Road Roundabout for those living on the London side of Canterbury

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

12:06 (3X @ 25 mins)

12:16 (3 @ 35 mins)

12:36 (3X @ 25 mins)

12:45 (3B @ 35 mins)

13:06 (3X @ 25 mins)

 

Thursday – 9 June, 2016 @ 9:00 – Canterbury to Wye (Silver Striders regular route)

 

 

SILVER STRIDERS
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STRIDERS APPROACHING THE A2 EN ROUTE TO DENTON LAST WEEK
CONTUBERNII PRIMUM
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)
 
Lunch at the Wye Coffee Shop & Kitchen (we have not been that impressed in the past but maybe it has improved, recent reviews would indicate this, plus a local resident recommended it to me a few weeks back when I was walking through Wye).
 
Trains back to Canterbury West:
 
14:09 (16 mins)
 
14:36 (12 mins)
 
15:09 (16 mins)
 
15:39 (12 mins)
 
£3.65 with Railcard

Thursday – 2 June, 2016 @ 8:30 – Denton (a different approach) 10+ miles

 

Meet outside 25 St Augustine’s Road @ 8:30
 
We take a different route to the great route that Peter Taylor-Gooby gave us a short while back.
 
Lunch at the Jackdaw, Denton
 
 
– let me know if you are coming so that I can advise the Jackdaw accordingly.
 
Return journey by bus from outside the pub:
 
Bus 16 (17 mins to Canterbury from Denton)
 
13:49
 
14:01
 
14:19
 
14:31
 
14:49
 
15:01
 
 
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THE STRIDERS APPROACH CIVILISATION, WELL HERNE BAY AT LEAST, ON LAST WEEK’S WALK. THE WALLFLOWER CAFE AGAIN PROVIDED AN EXCELLENT, GOOD VALUE, VEGETARIAN LUNCH

Thursday 21st April Canterbury to Lyminge (about 15 miles)

Meet at the junction of Stuppington lane/South Canterbury Road 9:00 am, Thurs 21 April.

Lunch (Bring a packed lunch) to be eaten en route

14:43 (No:17 – 40 mins), 15:12 (No:18 – 53 mins), 16:13 (No:17 – 45 mins)
Tickets from £5:20 or £5:40

 

Here is the route we took:

Last week’s walk:

the path less travelled, with Peter (20 miles or so) - onward, following lunch at the jackdaw, denton

14 April – the path less travelled, with Peter (20 miles or so) – onward, following lunch at the jackdaw, denton

7th April 2016 Wye to Elham via Hastingleigh

 

Thursday – 7 April, 2016
Meet Canterbury West station for train to Wye @ 8:06 cost £5.50, arrives 8:20
 
Wye/Hastingleigh/Lymbridge Green/Rhodes Minnis/Elham
 
Enjoy the luxuries on offer at the Cosy Tea Rooms then……
 
17 Bus back to Canterbury 13:35 (one after is 14:50)
 
Approximately 11/12 miles
 
Last week en route to sandwich
Striding towards Sandwich

Striding towards Sandwich

Canterbury to Sandwich on Thursday 31st March

Silver Striders

Contubernii Primum (website available soon)
Thursday – 31 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)
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 16/17 miles
Buses from Sandwich to Canterbury:
Buses 13 13A 14 (around 45 mins)
14:12 14:29  14:57  15:13 15:29  15:57

2016-03-31 Canterbury to Sandwich

En route to Chilham on 24th March 2016

En route to Chilham on 24th March 2016

Last week in perry wood en route to Shelley’s tea rooms in chilham

24 March, 2016 Shelley’s Redux

Silver Striders
Contubernii Primum
Thursday – 24 March
Meet corner of Old Dover Road/Oaten Hill/Nunnery Fields 8:30
Walk to London Road Roundabout – meet Chris and Dave if coming 8:50
Canterbury, Harbledown, Chartham Hatch, via Hunstead Wood, later Perrywood and onto Chilham
Lunch at Shelly’s Tea Rooms, Chilham Square
Distance 11/12 miles
Buses from Chilham, Felborough Clos to Canterbury:
13:46;  14:41; 14:59; 16:09
Trains:
Chilham to Canterbury West
14:15; 15:15  £2:50 with Railcard
Last week on the downs between Stone Street and Crundale Church
Descending into Wye

Descending into Wye