Length: 16.5km (10m)
Toughness: 3 / 10
Transport: Take the 9:34 train from London Charing Cross (9:37 Waterloo East, 9:43 Bridge), change at Padock Wood for the 10:33 to Yalding to arrive at 10:40. Return trains from Borough Green at xx:30 to Charing Cross and xx:45 to Victoria. Buy a day return to Yalding.
A pleasant walk through Kentish countryside with a cosy pub run by the local community at West Peckham (there are several variations for lunch, pick the West Peckham version). There is also a newish vineyard near Mereworth that could be explored on a different lunch variation. After lunch the walk passes through Mereworth woods before reaching Borough Green via Basted.
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I booked a table for 4 for at the Swan on the Green for 12:45
n=6 cheerful souls gathered outside the station for formalities before setting off across fields and woodland tracks. It was a beautiful day with w=full_sunshine_most_of_the_day_with_occasional_white_cloud_and_fairly_warm
The were many signs of spring, celandines and some wood anemones in flower, daffodils slightly past their best and many beautiful garden shrubs like magnolia opening out. Even local were out sunning themselves admiring the wonderful views from the greensand ridge.
Group cohesion was great until the lunch, four ate at the Swan on the Green, very nice and interesting menu, one proclaimed his lamb pie the best he ever tasted, the two sandwichista’s joined for drinks but there was limited space inside and they started the afternoon section ahead and were not seen again. We lingered over coffee and one had Affogato dessert, the others saving themselves for cake later!
We saw a herd of deer in the park some with impressive antlers, there were ponies and other wildlife including six peacocks perched on a garden shed, we admired the we admired the deep rich blue of their plumage, awesome.
There are two busy road crossings to survive but otherwise the route is fine and passable. Tea, smoothies and cake was had at Borough Green and we ran for the train at 16:45, talk of extending the walk to Otford was half hearted given the distance required and the limited daylight left. It’s a short walk and in the summer could do with an extension. Lovely day out!
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