tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13665817.post8736148152663479958..comments2024-03-28T11:16:38.801+00:00Comments on SWC - This Week's Walks: Sunday walk: Kentish woods and hillsAndrewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11395064086819994526noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13665817.post-6654717981603983662019-03-19T16:59:10.389+00:002019-03-19T16:59:10.389+00:00For once the lunchers were a minority. 4 reached T...For once the lunchers were a minority. 4 reached The Spotted Dog, though one then cried off injured with an ankle strain and set off home by taxi.<br />The remaining 3 enjoyed good food at a reasonable price and good service. This pub is beautiful and ancient, though the seating is quite squeezed up. Not recommended for larger persons, who should try the nearby Bottle House Inn which has a modern extension. (Or sit outside in summer)<br />Enjoying a leisurely lunch meant that on arrival in Tunbridge Wells we were greeted by the clanging sound of one cafe after another closing their doors, so home on the 17.09Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13665817.post-37604367805718923342019-03-18T18:36:08.812+00:002019-03-18T18:36:08.812+00:00n=11 off the train at Leigh (which at least one wa...n=11 off the train at Leigh (which at least one walker insisted on pronouncing "Lee" thus arousing suspicion that she was a German parachutist in disguise) and we set off in w=mainly-sunshine-with-the-odd-shower-and-one-burst-of-hailstones across pleasant, but very muddy parkland to Penshurst, after which we saw one man and his two dogs expertly marshalling sheep. About a mile further on we split into Pub Lunch and Sandwiches, the Sandwiches finding a convenient picnic table in the grounds of a small chapel, then it was even more mud all the way to Tunbridge Wells and tea and cakes in the Pantiles.Brianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13560181399520245984noreply@blogger.com