Tenterden & Small Hythe

Glorious weather, good company and a charming town……

 

  

A chosen few (each was free to choose themselves) went to Small Hythe, others spent longer at the church, St Mildred’s, the railway station, and the town itself.

Believe it, or believe it not…

27th August 2012

We are suckers for punishment and so we are once again going to attempt the Tenterden Walk as detailed in the history (below from the events that didn’t happen.)

Travel details - 10.14 bus number 341 from Hastings Station (if you are the only one at the station, don't worry, others will get on further along the way) which arrives in Tenterden at 11.15Wednesday, August 29, 2012

Tenterden - Tuesday 25th September

We will catch the 10.14 bus number 340 from Hastings Station (if you are the only one at the station, don't worry, others will get on further along the way) which arrives in Tenterden at 11.18.
There is a very interesting heritage trail to follow, and an option to visit Smallhythe Place, the home of the Victorian actress Ellen Terry, now owned by the National Trust.  If you do not want to do that, then there is the Tenterden Museum to visit or another stroll around, and the option of returning to Hastings on the 340 bus at 14.45
If visiting Smallhythe Place, return to Hastings via Rye at 15.19.
Jill is leading this walk (yes, truly!) and will provide full details of buses/times on the day.  As usual, please bring a packed lunch and your camera (and National Trust card if you're a member) - and fingers crossed for good weather!

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Monday, September 24, 2012

Tenterden trip looking doubtful!

The BBC said it was going to clear (the weather!) but after a brief interlude it is once again raging.  Obviously if tomorrow dawns bright, breezy or not, the trip will happen.  This is just a heads up, in case.

Tuesday, August 16, 2011

Bad News! Tuesday 23rd August - Tenterden & Smallhythe

Jill is hobbling around in a support boot and not in a fit state to lead a walk. Unless someone else can step into the breach quickly ( so that we can let everyone know) this walk will regretfully have to be postponed.

Tuesday, August 23, 2011

Tuesday 23rd August - Tenterden & Smallhythe

Jill is leading the walk (I am away)
If the weather is inclement, it won't be happening

Bus 340 - leaves
Hastings (Rail Station Interchange) 1020
Hastings (Queen's Road) 1024

Smallhythe is a National Trust property, so there is an entrance fee unless you are already a member.
The half-timbered house, built in the early 16th century when Smallhythe was a thriving shipbuilding yard, was the home of the Victorian actress Ellen Terry from 1899 to 1928, and contains her fascinating theatre collection. The cottage grounds include her rose garden, orchard, nuttery and the working Barn Theatre.
Tenterden - The Jewel of the Weald(allegedly!)
As anyone who has visited the town will tell you the picturesque 'Cinque Port' of Tenterden has every reason to declare itself 'The Jewel of the Weald'. Its fine High Street must rank amongst the most attractive in the Country with historic houses, shops, restaurants and pubs separated from the carriageway by wide expanses of tree-lined grass verges.

Camber Castle - July's Walk

These photos very much tell their own story of the weather, but we were lucky that we were able to have a dry early lunch in the bird hide.  We did think the storms were over when we started off again, but there were more rumbles of thunder, and more rain, but nothing unbearable- and thanks to Misayo's magic bag of tricks, even an umbrella was produced for the unprepared!

Camber Castle Walk–Tuesday 23rd July

A level route with easy access, starting from the historic town of Rye, crossing a nature reserve to a bird hide and Camber Castle.

344 leaves station at 9.45 – I expect people will join it on route, where most convenient.

Stymied by three heifers and a bullock........

We had lovely weather for our Coomb Valley walk, and some lovely scenery, but the map was not to scale, which caused some deviations, and after redirection from a very helpful lady and her dog, we were held to ransome!  There was a path running alongside and above a grazing area for cows.  The above mentioned cattle had somehow managed to clamber up the bank and had taken possession of the path.  We were wary about shooing them back down the bank, as we couldn't see where they had got up, and didn't wish to be responsible for some harm to them.  As we tried to move past one, to be known henceforth as Hoaratia, she moved towards her mates, thus blocking our way to a gate.  As we moved nearer, they moved nearer the gate.  We had hoped some distant memory would occur to them and they would scramble down from whence they'd come, but it was not to be.

Horatia turned towards us, took up a stance, dropped her white face and said "Thou shalt not pass!"
And galling as it is to confess, we didn't!  A friend later said in such circumstances she had pushed through the cattle and climbed over the gate, but I have to confess, at the time this didn't occur to us, and with one pair of arthritic knees, one pair of arthritic shoulders and a case of sever bovinophobia, I think our chances were small.  And our main concern remained, the cattle mya have taken action and hurt themselves.  However, it is comforting to find we are not alone!  http://www.walkingforum.co.uk/index.php?topic=19830.0

Obviously, we retraced our steps!  This is my third attempt to grips with Coomb Valley, and probably the last!

I'm sure you know, but to view photos full screen, click on photo

  

 

 

  Yes, that's the embryo link road

So where now?                 

 The Road Not Taken
Two (four actually) paths diverged ............