Length: 21.5km (13m) for the full walk; there are innumerable shortcuts and walk options
Toughness: 7 / 10
Transport: Take the 9:38 train from London Bridge, change at Swanley for the 10:06 train to Eynsford or take the 9:16 train from London Blackfriars direct to Eynsford arriving at 10:11. Return trains at xx:05 and xx:35.
A fine walk around and through the Darent Valley with great views, the river Darent and the ruin of a Bishop's palace. Allegedly, there is a large patch of celandines in one of the woodlands, if they will be out by then. The recommended lunch stop is The Bull in Otford. There are innumerable walk options to shorten the walk or to choose a different experience of the Darent Valley.
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I hope to do this walk but might get later train. Catch u up lunchtime
I will probably get there 10.39 if anyone cares to join me
8 walkers met at the station. We set off at a fast pace. 5 visited the aviation pioneer Pilcher monument just off the route. 6 then had lunch in The
Bull while 2 walked on to have picnic on top of Polhill Bank Reserve. 3 more showed up at the Bull who took a train half-an-hour later and walked
along the river to Otford for a total of #11 walkers. After lunch 3 raced ahead at a fast pace. In Eynsford 2 of those went straight for the train while
your correspondent visited Eynsford castle (having walked in the Darent valley for 15 years I've never before made an effort to visit the
castle) and had a drink at the Five Bells. 2 walkers had a drink at the Plough, 2 more idled away some time in the church and the 5 of us then met up
again at the station for the 17:05. The others, I presume, caught an earlier train. Only a few celandines were spotted.
#sunny_with_an_icy_northerly_wind
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