tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13665817.post7773461349415914012..comments2024-03-28T11:16:38.801+00:00Comments on SWC - This Week's Walks: Sutton Valence to Pluckley - a gentle section of the Greensand WayAndrewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11395064086819994526noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13665817.post-2522057443930349612017-06-04T15:20:42.578+01:002017-06-04T15:20:42.578+01:00N=22 on this walk on a w=lovely-sunny-day, a bit h...N=22 on this walk on a w=lovely-sunny-day, a bit hot at times. Setting off with good intentions of getting to the Barrow House pub in Egerton for lunch (albeit with expected arrival at 2pm), we got diverted early on in the walk by an open day at East Sutton church (the one next to the women's prison), where coffee and cake was being served and the ladies of the parish were keen to share the place's interesting history.<br /><br />As a result of this, and some nature-watching, half a dozen of us were only passing the early lunch pub, the Pepper Box, at 12.45 and temptation proved too much (with apologies to Mike A who had rung to book the later pub: but we had only said we could eat in their garden, not booked a table....). A lovely lunch there under its pergola with a view of the fields. I hear the bulk of the group did indeed get to the Barrow House around 2pm, however, and I hear good reports about the food.<br /><br />This is a very pleasant section of the Greensand Way, with fine views for much of the way, lovely churches, some commercial orchards but not too many, and just a bit of upping and downing to keep things interesting.<br /><br />We stragglers got to the Barrow House at 4pm and spent a long time in its garden drinking tea or other refreshments (just one suggestion for the pub: more shade for the outside seats would be nice...) We then joined the remains of the main group in the garden of the Black Horse in Pluckley for drinks and had dinner in the garden of the Dering Arms at the end of the walk.<br /><br />So four pubs, each one visited, and at each one we sat outside in fine sunshine. What more felicity does live afford?Walkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09314024151810191831noreply@blogger.com