The task: walk from Coxheath to Lenham (11.8 Miles) in four and a half hours. The day: very hot. The guide: Rowan. Yours truly: hungover. What could possibly go wrong? The occasion was to celebrate our guide’s 25th birthday with a summers walk along the Greensand Way from his house to one ofContinue reading “Coxheath to Lenham – 11.8 miles”
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Ben Nevis (Scotland) – 10 miles
For months, we joked about the prospect of climbing up to Britain’s highest peak. For weeks, we scoffed at the thought of ourselves navigating the mountain passes as we puffed through the pretty fields of East Sussex. Even days before, it remained a mere blot on the distant horizon, barely seeming real. And yet,Continue reading “Ben Nevis (Scotland) – 10 miles”
Lenham to Charing (ish) – 5.8 miles
The Bowl, the orb and the hermit Nestled at the feet of the Misty Downs, a damp drizzle drifted lazily through the quiet streets of Lenham, a small village inhabited by simple folk – farmers, blacksmiths, stonemasons, the usual sort – who on this most uninspiring of spring mornings, huddled close together about theContinue reading “Lenham to Charing (ish) – 5.8 miles”
Matthew G. Huggins 