SWC Walk 299: Teynham to Faversham t=swc.299
Distance: 15.4 Miles or 24.7 km for those more
metrically minded (with various options to shorten to 8.4 miles/13.6 km or
lengthen to 18.1/29.2 km)
Difficulty: 3 out of 10
Train: Take the 9:10
AM Dover Priory train from London Victoria
(stopping at Bromley South 9:27), arriving at Teynham at 10:20. Return
trains from Faversham are at 02 and 37 past the hour to Victoria or 58 past the
hour on the high speed to St. P (supplement required). Buy a day return to Faversham.
This walk starts by exploring the fruit larder of
London in north Kent where hopefully the fruit trees will be in blossom. In a
compete change of tempo, the afternoon route follows the tidal river Swale into
the bustling market town of Faversham. The instructions provide several options to
shorten or extend the main route to suit most walking appetites. You can find
more information about the walk and download the walk instructions here.
The walk passes a few pubs that may provide
outdoor dining and rehydration stops, but a picnic may be the safest option. At
the end of the walk, Faversham will undoubtedly have some open air refreshment options.
It is expected to walk in groups of no more than six and provide contact details. To facilitate the collection of contact details, please pre-register for this walk on the "events" page at https://www.lwug.co.uk/. You will need to first sign-on and possibly register if you have not previously registered on the site.
If you test positive for COVID within a week of attending this walk, please contact me by emailing {remove the AAA} AAAcovid@lwug.co.uk, a private dedicated COVID reporting email address.
Enjoy the walk!
2 comments:
This outing is really a tale of two walks - the first, a dynamic visual and olfactory sensation as we crossed a number of riotously yellow oil seed rape fields and wandered through various blossoming fruit orchards, emitting their individual aromas and,the second, a soothing meander along the swale and through marshes. As most had done the walk before, we tried a few of the alternate routes across the marshes and visited a rather remote and lonely church. All picnicked along the swale and we enjoyed late afternoon drinks in the garden of the atmospheric pub on the marsh before the final push to Faversham. I guess the forecast must have put people off as only a select n=4 enjoyed this fine day out in w=initially-sunny-and-breezy-conditions-with-both-cloud-and-wind-increasing-in-the-afternoon.
Tempted to do walk solo based on your report. What fruit types did you see? Thank you.
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