Tolkien Trail (Lancashire) – 5.5 Miles

  The ceaseless stream of time that we call life trickles past, does it not, carrying us ever further downstream toward the great ocean before us.  I’ve turned thirty.  Does this mean that hangovers last longer? Yes.  Does it mean that I go to garden centres at the weekend? Yes.  Does it mean that IContinue reading “Tolkien Trail (Lancashire) – 5.5 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”

Sissinghurst to Frittenden Circular – 5.4 miles

  For our final winter walk of the year, we went for one we already have a certain amount of history with, a five-and-a-half-mile circular from Sissinghurst Castle.  On paper, the route is relatively short and sweet, which indeed it is, however for some reason, we have never found it simple.  This is specifically dueContinue reading “Sissinghurst to Frittenden Circular – 5.4 miles”