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Wednesday, 21 July 2021

Wednesday walk Faversham Circular - a Walk on the Wild Side - marshes, creeks, mud flats, water meadows and the Swale coastline

Faversham Council's walk, plus an optional end of SWC 299 -
Teynham to Faversham

Length: 12 km to 16 km (7.5 miles to 10 miles)
Toughness: 2 out of 10


Either 
London Victoria: 10-10 hrs    Southeastern service to Ramsgate    Bromley South  10-27 hrs
Arrive Faversham: 11-22  hrs

Or 
London St Pancras: 10-25 hrs    Southeastern high speed service to Ramsgate
Arrive Faversham: 11-31 hrs

Victorians are asked to wait on Faversham railway station for the arrival of any Pancriatics.

Return

Faversham to Victoria: 15-37, 15-48 (slow stopping service), 16-09, 16-35, 17-02, 17-37, 18-05 and 18-39 hrs
Faversham to St Pancras:  00 and 30 mins past the hour


The Council's walk makes for a most pleasant Summer outing. We do most of it in one go, then stop in Oare at the excellent Three Mariners pub for lunch. A table will be reserved for us.

We start the walk by walking through the historic and delightful town of Faversham (we should have time at walk-end to explore the town further ). We then leave the town and head northwards towards the coast, on a section of the Saxon Shore Way, along Oare Creek. At the coast we follow the Swale for 1 km before turning inland over meadows and through farmland to the hamlet of Luddenham before returning over fields to Oare - and lunch.  Post prandial, we can either take the direct road route back to Faversham ( a bit boring) or - recommended - we switch walks to our SWC walk and enjoy a further walk along the coast before returning on the Saxon Shore Way back into Faversham - for tea. 
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The Council's walk directions are here   https://www.visit-swale.co.uk/attractions/food-trail-a-walk-on-the-wild-side-walk-2076/     and click on "download full itinerary" 

SWC  299 directions are here  L=swc.299


1 comment:

Mr M Tiger said...

8 from Victoria, 3 from Kings Cross makes N=12 (if we include the maverick who started at Teynham). We set off on a tour of Oare Marsh on a walk written by the local council. Plenty of wild carrot on show. Quite pretty. There was butterflies and dragonflies. There must have been some birds too or what else were the people with binoculars looking at? A freezing cold day, those without coats had to huddle together for warmth. Only joking – it was W=HOT-HOT-HOT a bit breezy near the coast but mostly hot. Hotter than Venus hot. The seven mile circuit brought us back to Oare for about 2-2.30. (Some were faster than others).
The pingdemic put paid to a booking in the 3 Mariners so it was the Castle for lunch A pleasant soujourn, inside or out. The plat du jour was Scampi aux pommes frittes. Other options were available. Some gorged themselves on cherries from a local stall. Myself I just went for un petit soupcon du cidre. Froid, s’il vous plait.
After lunch some went home – it was hot, OK? and we’d done the walk. Those remaining, a hardy bunch of sidewinders, scorpions and horny toads, set off on another foray into the marshes, on the tail end of Teynham to Faversham main walk. This was accomplished and towards the end, they even managed to shake off your correspondent, who had to fend for himself. I didn’t know where they went for refreshments, but the finish had just took me right past Shepherds Neame brewery, so there was only one place for my ‘tea’. Faversham’s oldest pub, the Bear, and another soupcon, of Le Doigt de L'évêque this time, lovingly poured into a plastic glass.