Rant whilst waiting...now getting on with life
This afternoon's two hour (!!) walk went through. No Man's Orchard on the North Downs Way and on in the direction of Harbledon and the A2, stopping at Bigbury Camp...a steady reasonably steep climb up from the Way.
This is the information board
and our walk...
This level ground at the camp was cleared of chestnut coppice...which at one time was grown to produce riven fence posts like this
On the gatepost was a sticker....myst investigate....
I went with Pirate's great niece to meet a cousin..both on the Possee half of his family and we had a grand afternoon out wandering around Canterbury....Starting with coffee (or tea) and cake and ending with hot chocolate four hours later!!
We couldn't find the Green Man on the wooden doors to the Cathedral close...I must look through old photos from visits.
We didn't go in...at £18 each unless you were a National Trust member !! About ten years or so ago we went in without payment, and there was noone gatekeeping...
I did make one purchase...a small solid stainless steel saucepan with a lid, and a pouring lip both sides from a very posh cook shop..£25 well spent.
You try finding one....without non-stick coating....with a lid...and without having to buy a set of pans.....
It was great having a good catch up, plus all of us getting to know each other better. Sadly another cousin has just died, which is a great pity as we were all beginning to get on really well.
of course..pictures in reverse order....
kept on walking....around the village lanes this time....where we saw a row of large oak trees
Relaxing, reading, doin' nuffin special...
and going for a walk to an old established apple orchard....No Man's Orchard
The trees all around are sweet chestnuts, and there are hazels..or mire likely cobnuts as this is Kent.
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