tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13665817.post6012484569355324113..comments2024-03-29T12:30:31.492+00:00Comments on SWC - This Week's Walks: Sunday Walk: Another plucky looky at spooky PluckleyAndrewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11395064086819994526noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13665817.post-79290015751943461762018-09-10T20:12:23.455+01:002018-09-10T20:12:23.455+01:00I think there were n=19 on this beautiful walk in ...I think there were n=19 on this beautiful walk in w=sunny-and-surprsingly-warm-weather, but as we soon and I gather that a large portion of the group got lost in an orchard before we got to Pluckley, I can only report on behalf of 9 or 10 of us. The Swan at Little Chart didn't find favour so we didn't stop till the Black Horse, which we shared with about 40 French motorcyclists. Some had a slightly delayed but apparently ample to excessive lunch, others picknicked in the churchyard, and all but one of us decided it was too soon to head back to the station and carried on with the fully extended walk. This had great views and scenery in the first half but imho the second half was less delightful and there might be something to be said for the "shorter extension." One of our number forged ahead and had a drink at Egerton, while the rest of us had to pause to return a lost puppy to its home, or at least a helpful neighbour - we were a bit concerned it would try to follow us home otherwise - and no sooner had we done that than another pooch tried to adopt us. Must be something to do with pheromones.<br />Anyway by now we were down to a group of 6 who thought we had time for more refreshment and a debate about pronunciation in another nice pub at Mundy Bois. But we caught up one some of the others in time for the 1637 train, and the front runner even managed to extract a glass of wine from the Dering Arms before, as predicted, it attempted to close. <br />A crakcing day out but no ghosts knowingly encountered . . . although who knows what happened to the remainder of the walkers . . . Sandynoreply@blogger.com