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Sep 06
Day 10: Wotton to Guildford
Another vast switchback walk mainly over styles through National Trust woodland, skirting the railway line towards Gomshall; then through Sheer, passing numerous red stone “Pillboxes” from WW2, used apparently by the likes of Captain Mainwaring of Dad’s army, hastily designed in 1940 to frighten away the Germans when they invaded. Magnificent views and easy going. …
Sep 05
Day 9: Charlwood to Wotton
We walked fast for seven miles through far from the madding crowd woodland, quiet and peaceful and to our surprise no small birds were singing. Some of the woodland was awash with baby pheasants, to the torment of Moses, who very much wanted to kill them all! We powered along, probably up to three miles …
Sep 04
Day 8: Rest Day
A thankful day off from walking. It isn’t too hard, walking 12 miles in a day. The complication and frustrations arise from finding the way across blocked paths and tracks that haven’t been used for years; and then there are sudden and unmarked divisions in the paths with an occasional and often indistinct indication as …
Sep 03
Day 7: East Grinstead to Charlwood
We pass hundreds of villas, many sporting new cars worth around £60k each. It amazes me that people can be persuaded to spend that sort of money on a car that is destined to depreciate by thousands each year. It’s all about vanity, of course. An MP from long ago told me: ”The only sort of …
Sep 02
Day 6: Groombridge to East Grinstead
General Jane Powering along ancient rail tracks into East Grinstead with General Jane leading the way. I have long discovered that the simplest way for me to walk in harmony with Jane is to do exactly what she commands me to do. There is little point arguing with high command especially when she has the …
Sep 01
Day 5: Hook Green to Groombridge
Another matchless day: fast walking through fields of hops and vines towards Tunbridge; the only hazards are long slow hills that seem never to stop but gently wind towards the unforgiving sky. All we can do is plod one foot at a time and gently curse as we go. I have been right round the …
Aug 31
Day 4: Sissinghurst to Hook Green
Off to another early walk with Cromwell’s prayer:“Please God this day remember me even if I forget thee,”a prayer I have to say rather often these days! The B-Word Momentum is doing all its can to create vast civil unrest for it assesses that the more the chaos, the higher the chances of a Corbyn …
Aug 30
Day 3: Bethersden to Sissinghurst
A beautiful walk to Sissinghurst and miles through Hemsted Wood, where, dappled and mysterious, you would expect to see Robin Hood fighting with the Sheriff of Nottingham at any time. Then, last, ”Rogers wood” where the missing apostrophe jars with me. Scots Free? I hear that Ruth Davison has resigned from the leadership of the …
Aug 29
Day 2: Wye to Bethersden
Low humidity and clear skies: one of those peerless days when you are conscious that it is great to be alive. Feeling Alive The late Jim Slater once said that if you are over seventy and you wake up without hurting somewhere, it means you are dead! That said, resolutely walking through aches and pains …
Aug 28
Day 1: Canterbury to Wye
A great send off outside Canterbury Cathedral with our friend Allanah playing us off on her trumpet. Then chaos as teething problems with the new handheld GPS meant that we set off four miles in the wrong direction. Boom! Who is the guilty party, who’s to blame? We crawled back to the centre and started …