Leader: Richard

Start: 10.30am Appledore free car park behind parish hall (signposted) GR 956297

Walk: 10 mile figure of eight

Lunch: Picnic or pub lunch (can be busy) or Miss Mollett’s High Class Tea Room

Comments: The walk goes via two sections of the Saxon Shore Way and the Royal Military Canal Path. We visit two attractive rural churches and the pretty village of Stone-in-Oxney. Mainly flat with a few small hills after lunch.

Organiser: Penny

Event: 5 mile walk and Italian Meal

Time & place: 5.30pm Westerham Green (by statue)

Details: E Napoli Italian restaurant in Westerham 8pm http://www.napoli-restaurant.co.uk/. Please let Penny know by 3rd July if you wish to eat.

Leader: Eva
Start: 10:30am at car park on Kingsdown Road, Walmer (GR 379502)

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Car sharing recommended, or alternatively for those from South London, there is a direct train from Orpington to Walmer (dept. 08:28; arr. 10:17) that calls at Sevenoaks and Tonbridge.  I'm happy to car ferry people from the station to the starting point, if people go for the train option.
Walk: 9 mile circular
Lunch: Pub lunch at The Coastguard, St Margaret's Bay (http://www.thecoastguard.co.uk/), or packed lunch on the beach.
Comments: We start at the car park by the beach in Walmer, and head inland by Walmer Castle, across fields and woodland until we reach St Margaret's at Cliffe, where there is a steep path down past the lighthouse and into the bay where we stop for lunch. After lunch, we head up onto the cliffs (making sure we're not too weighted down by the fresh fish and chips at the pub!), and along the White Cliffs Country Trail with views across the sea. Finally, we continue at beach level through Kingsdown (with a potential watering stop at the Rising Sun if it's a hot day), and then back into Walmer.
 
Sunday 25th July

Leader: Richard

Start: 10.30am car park off B2079 Balcombes Hill in Goudhurst GR 722376

Walk: 12.5 mile circular

Lunch: Pub lunch at The Bull Inn at Sissinghurst

Comments: A moderate walk which takes in some of the most attractive countryside in the :Kentish Weald. After lunch we will visit Cranbrook windmill which is open to the public (free admission) and wind permitting will be grinding flour.

Contact: Lucinda

Start: 2.30pm prompt, Lancaster Gate tube station

Walk: "Penicillin and Pox", medical past and present.

Comments: An informative historical walk, lead by a physician. Negligible mileage. £8 to guide on arrival.

Leader: Alison G

Start: 10.30am, East Farleigh Station

Walk: A pleasant 5 mile stroll along the Medway and Barming woods to East Malling where we will have lunch. There is one quite steep hill.

Meal: King and Queen pub, East Malling

Comments: Please let Alison  know by Wednesday 9th June if you are planning to come. To save us walking back to the station at the end of the meal, I suggest half of us leave cars at the pub beforehand and drive everyone back to East Farleigh at the end of the meal. Please let Alison know if you are planning to drive so that she can co-ordinate this.

Leader: Nigel

Start: 10.30am Ightham Mote NT car park (GR 585537)

Walk: 8¾ mile circular

Lunch: Picnic lunch

Details: A relatively easy walk taking in the footpaths around Plaxtol, Old Soar Manor and the Fairlawne estate.

Leader: Nicky

Start: 5.30pm The Tigers Head car park, Watts Lane Chislehurst (TQ 444 698). Parking on the road nearby.

Walk: 5 miles

Comments: A stroll through Petts Wood and Scadbury Park followed by a meal at the Court Yard Thai (Old Hill, Chislehurst). Meal will be booked for 8p.m. Please let me know if meal wanted by 7th August.

Leader: David and Gill

Start: 11am Filston Lane car park at the south end of Shoreham

Walk: 7 mile circular

Lunch: Packed lunch

Comments: This is a pleasant walk initially over the downs through Lullingstone Park and then back along the Darent valley to Shoreham. There will be an opportunity for a cup of tea at Lullingstone Visitor Centre but as this is towards the end of the walk a packed lunch is needed. The walk is about seven miles and after the initial climb fairly easy going.

Leader: Nicky

Start: 10a.m.  Stubbs Wood car park near Goatshurst Common (OS Explorer 147 TQ497518)

Walk: 11.5 miles

Comments: The route passes the east side of Bough Beech reservoir, passing through fields and woodlands to reach the picturesque village of Chiddingstone for a picnic lunch and/or tea stop. After lunch the walk takes us through Bough Beech and on into the countryside to the west of the reservoir, where the ponds and place-names hark back to the days of the Wealden iron industry. 

Leader: Lucinda

Start:  11.15am Tenterden Railway Station

Walk: 6 mile linear walk, catching the 11.45am steam train to Wittersham Road Station first

Lunch: Picnic lunch

Comments: The walk covers low-lying farmland then rises among vineyards and a man-made lake, woodlands and open fields back to Tenterden. Teas and cake at Tenterden.

Leader: Peter

Start: 10.30 am Friday Street Car park , Friday Street Road, Abinger, Surrey (near RH5 6JR)

Walk: 7.5 miles circular

Lunch: Picnic lunch.

Comments: A walk to the  National Trust site of Leith Hill Tower. The tower is the highest point in South-east England. Non N.T. members pay £1.20 to visit tower.

Leader: Nigel

Start: 10.30am Cowden station

Walk: 8 mile circular

Lunch: Picnic lunch

Comments: The walk initially follows the Sussex Border Path adjacent to a tributary of the river Medway before heading north into the undulating countryside around Hoath Corner. We then pick up the Eden Valley Walk to Hever before returning to Cowden via Markbeech.

Leader:  Dave

Start: Start: 10.30am, Oare Marshes Nature Reserve car park, GR013648

Walk: 9 miles, very flat and easy going.

Lunch: The Shipwright's Arms at Hollowshore, near Faversham. Reasonably priced traditional pub grub. Please let Dave know if you want to eat as the pub is very popular.

Comments: Explore Faversham Creek, Ham Marshes and Oare Marshes Nature Reserve. The walk follows sections of the Saxon Shore Way and Swale Heritage Trail. Pub lunch at one of Kent's most remote pubs, a former Smuggler's Inn and mariner's brothel, a real gem of a place! An Excellent walk.

Leader: Richard

Start: 10.30am Dryhill picnic site, Dryhill Lane, Sundridge GR 498552. Dryhill Lane is next to Select Garden and Pets on the A25 between Sundridge and Chipstead.

Walk: 7.5 mile circular

Lunch: Picnic lunch on Ide Hill village green with pub opposite for drinks

Comments: The walk goes via Dibden and the Greensand ridge with fantastic views over Bough Beech Reservoir.