Meet at the main entrance to the Westgate Gardens at 8:30am for the two hour walk followed by beverages at a city centre cafe.

Meet outside St. Martin’s Church at 8:00 am

St. Martin’s Church/SVW/then up the hill to footpath behind the barracks/Across the golf club – avoiding balls and golfers/Scotland Hills and footpath to Moat Lane/Stodmarsh Road junction/Across Moat Rough towards Littlebourne/Turn right into Swanton Lane/Across the A257 to footpath that goes by Firdown Wood/Palmstead Wood then carefully along the Bekesbourne Road/Footpath on left and then take connecting footpath on right.  We end up at Little Barton Farmhouse,then Spring Lane and down the hill.  6 miles

Last Tuesday’s Toddler’s Coves Walk:

Meet outside the Canterbury Launderette, Nunnery Fields – opposite St Mary Bredin Church at 8:30

Lansdown Road to Toddler’s Cove, then SVW to Tonford Manor following path below side of A2 towards Podhurst Farm where we make for Denstead Farm, crossing Denstead Lane arriving at the yellow road above Primrose Hill.  We cut through Denstead Wood (no official footpath) to the Bower Wood/Nickle Wood path then the path through Fright Wood, working down to the path which crosses Ashford Road (A28) and proceeds through a gate in the wall, which leads to the bridge over the Weir. Then onto Chartham, through the Church and taking the path near the Artichoke pub, which eventually leads to Strangers Lane, then New House Lane into Hollow Lane, later crossing to Wincheap Farm, Lime Kiln Road, Zealand Road finishing at the top of Nunnery Road.

Bring lunch/elevenses/snack.  About 11 miles.

Last week’s Denge Wood Circle:

Happy Birthday Barry

Many happy returns from your friends in the Silver Striders – have a super Birthday

Meet at the main entrance to the Westgate Gardens at 8:30am for the two hour walk followed by beverages at a city centre cafe.

Meet outside the Launderette opposite St. Mary Bredin Church at 8:00am

Toddler’s cove via Lansdown Road

SVW to near Tonford Manor; over the Stour, over the A28; Strangers Lane; footpath to New House Lane; footpath by side of Hollow Lane then connecting footpaths behind Wincheap to Zealand Road and then to the top of Nunnery Road where the walk finishes. About 6 miles.

Last week’s Hospital Walk:

Happy Birthday Tim

And Many Happy Returns from all your chums in the Silver Striders

The walk is 14 miles, so we should be back around 2pm. Please bring a picnic/snack and plenty of water.

Nunnery Road, Zealand Road, Lime Kiln Road. Through orchards to New House Lane, past New House Farm to Garlinge Green road. Enter Denge woods, Upper Thruxted Farm, to Mystole Road. Through Shalmsford Street and Chartham, home along the river.

This walk is part of the Nick Riding Collection and is used with the permission of the creator.

Last week’s walk to Lydden:

Meet at the main entrance to the Westgate Gardens at 8:30am for the two hour walk followed by beverages at a city centre cafe.

Meet @ 8:00 am outside the hospital – junction of South Canterbury Road with Ethelbert Road.
The Langton Path to the end of the school playing fields, rugby club, Nackington then down to the bottom of the fields, by the pylons, then right and left through the firebreak in the woods, up the hill and onto to the Renville path. At Renville take the bridge across the motorway and then carefully walk across the NDR/A2 approach road and onto the lane which connects to the orchards, thence onto Pilgrims’ Way/St Augustine’s Road where the walk concludes. 6 miles

Last week’s The Get Thee to a Nunnery Walk: