c 13th century, Grade II Listed, St. Mary's Church, C of E |
Houses in Eynsford |
The Darenth Valley |
Eynsford village , trees by the river |
Eynsford village |
Train on the viaduct across the Darenth Valley |
Eynsford Castle,the interior range |
Eynsford Castle |
Eynsford Castle,the collapsed wall |
The Commerorative Cross,on the hillside above Shoreham |
Pantheon in the Darenth Valley |
Eynsford village,the narrow bridge and ford |
The Darenth Valley |
Eynsford Castle,the entrance/gateway |
Eynsford village,the ford |
Eynsford village,the ford and road bridge |
Even in paradise,someone will need recovery |
Eynsford Castle,looking through the gateway |
HMS Gannet,in dock at Chatham |
The concealed,bow mounted RML gun,on trolley. |
HMS Gannet,an oblique view. |
HMSubmarine Ocelot,from the prow. |
HMS Cavalier ,a Destroyer , in dock. |
HMS Cavalier,looking astern from the bridge deck. |
A home made submersible. |
HMS Gannet,the figurehead. |
HMSubmarine Ocelot |
The Wooden Walls Exhibition,the mould room. |
RNLI exhibition |
Eynsford village |
All Saints Church,Tudeley. |
All Saints Church,Tudeley. |
Tonbridge Castle, the Gatehouse. |
Tonbridge Castle, the Motte. |
Eorpeburnan? and Castle Toll. |
Castle Toll, the motte, looking East. |
Grasses by the river's edge. |
Church of Ss. Peter and Paul |
St.Leonard's tower |
Sutton Valence |
Butchery Lane on a damp morning. |
Deal seafront from Deal pier |
Rainshelter on Deal seafront |
Seafront housing at Deal |
Shoreline fishermen,by Deal Pier |
Deal pier;the underside |
New end of Pier Cafe |
Jamie and John,on the Pier |
The Pier entrance,from the pier. |
All Saints Church, Tudeley. |
Watch the birdie! |
Who'd have thought it? Red indians in Deal!LOL. |
The Royal Exchange Hotel (that was) dated 1797. |
The old Lifeboat station |
The old(style of cinema) and the new(film advertised). |
Sandwich War Memorial |
Holy Ghost Alley |
This 'ere cap'n's an old sea dog! |
St.Peter's Church. |
A town house - cum - shop |
Townhouse with bricked-up window. |
A street with no name. |
St.Clement's Church,with the tower made of specially imported Caen stone. |
Boats clutter the River Stour by the bridge. |
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Late afternoon sunlight brightened a dull day. |
Barbican and gate in town walls. |
Sandwich;quay marker with town badge. |
The Fisher Gate and Quay Lane |
An Austin Healey Sprite,1960 version, in red. |
Tree silhouetted in sunset |
White smock mill in sunset. |
The Lady Anne,at the top of her haulway. |
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The petite,yet delectable Julie,at the top of the shingle bank. |
Shop and house on the seafront |
Walmer Castle |
Thurnham Castle : the gatehouse |
Stockbury Castle; the bailey ditch |
Dover Castle |
The down platform |
The Cathedral Gate at daybreak. |
A damp night in Canterbury |
A magnificent silver birch tree. |
Riverside cottages. |
Canterbury, in reflection. |
Shoreham ; the bridge over the River Darent. |
House decoration;gerberas in February ? |
Lullingstone Castle Gatehouse. |
John perusing a lunchtime menu. |
The calm before the storm. |
The bustle of the city. |
Lunchtime in the sidestreets. |
Butchery Lane. |
Looking up Watling Street . |
Saint Margaret's Street. |
The Cathedral Gate. |
The Weaver's House, reflected in the River Stour. |
Bustling St .Peter's Street. |
The Cricketers, St.Peter's Street. |
Local graffitti, footbridge and reflections. |
Fountain in Danejohn Gardens. |
The Jaggy Thistle |
Old cottages in Broad Street. |
A shaded corner on St. Peter's Street |
The Clocktower. |
Nice old shop(pe) in Borough. |
The Moat Tea Rooms |
The College Gatehouse. |
The Quenin Gate, Canterbury |
Another cherished medieval building. |
Sea defences at Reculver. |
Jamie at Reculver |
45 ft. long whale, dead on a Kent beach |
A summer's day on the seafront |
Dutch Gables housing |
Cottages on the walkway |
C17th century Worth farmhouse |
Cottages in Sandwich |
The Red Cow pub and cottages. |
A folly in the churchyard |
Noah's Ark :---in brick???? |
Field poppies near Rowling |
Canterbury East Station Awning |
Terraced housing in Cossington Road. |
Jamie at The Market. |
The Old Post Office by the bridge. |
c 13th century, Grade B Listed, Church of St. John the Baptist, C of E |
Leicester Square. |
The Old Guildhouse (to the rhs of plant) |
St.John the Baptist church |
Through the graveyard gate. |
With the lifting of the morning mist, sunlight streams into the churchyard. |
Wall Cottage, with monogram on wall, by Leicester Square. |
Penshurst Place estate lodge. |
The c 18th century bridge over the River Mersey. |
c 19th century Almshouses. |
Penshurst, with Bridge House, in foreground. |
Looking back to Rogues Hill. |
The horse with the purple coat. |
Farmtrack passing the edge of Old Swaylands Estate. |
Crossing the River Medway. |
The upper Medway Valley. |
Now that's what I call a stile ! |
Hamsell Farm |
Panorama over Hamsell Farm |
Silcock's Farm |
Fordcombe Lane entering the village. |
Neat house extension. |
Wealdway footpath heading for Stone Cross. |
Approaching Stone Cross. |
Signposts at Stone Cross (A264) |
Stile leading to Chafford Lane |
Cottages by Chafford Bridge. |
Cottage reflected in River Medway. |
Footbridge over the River Medway. |
C 16 th century, Palmers Farmhouse. |
A valley plain stile. |
WW2 pillbox,high on a hillside. |
Evening on the riverbank. |
A brave new world. |
St. Mary's Room, Sole Street. |
Luddesdown and beyond. |
The Wish Tree at Coldrum |
Christchurch Cathedral |
The Cathedral Yard through the entrance grille |
Christchurch Cathedral tower |
Cathedral Gatehouse reflected in a puddle. |
Christchurch Cathedral |
A somewhat better effort. |
Seagull enjoying the view |
Christchurch Cathedral |
Inside of a coffee shop |
Former occupants. |
An oriel window. |
Christchurch Cathedral from the grounds |
Lullingstone Castle and Lake. |
The lychgate in shadow. |
The Darenth Valley, from the Bird of Prey Centre. |
Newbarn Farm and Eynsford Hill |
Early 19th century, Grade II Listed ,"Water House" |
Summerhouse reflected in the river. |
Shadows are lengthening at Lullingstone Castle Gatehouse |
Bare trees reflect in the River Darenth |
Riverside cottages |
A watering hole. |
St.Dunstan's Church |
The Quintain on the green |
The old sand cliff-face |
Stiles on the North Downs Way, above Stowting. |
Stowting village. |
Stowting C.E.P. school motto |
Sheep and lambs amid the ruins of Stutfall Castle. |
Lympne Castle |
The village, at Stowting |
A linn by Pilgrim's Way |
Thornby Farmhouse, c18th century, Grade II Listed |
"An angel in the South " LOL |
The Tiger pub. |
Curteis Farm, with Cobb's Hill behind |
St. Mary's Church |
Stowting motte |
Stowting castle fishponds |
A new footbridge, beside the former support. |
Sunset over the Royal Military Canal. |
Ashford Designer Outlet at night. |
Early sunlight on a house, near Dukes Place. |
Oast houses at Goose Green Farm. |
Oh! the waste. |
Bumblebee collecting pollen. |
Foxgloves near Goose Green Farm. |
Red poppies by a Wealdway Marker Post. |
Lady, my Border Collie, approaching Peckham Place. |
Kent House Oast East, visible in the distance. |
An old timber fence. |
Buildings in Barnes Street. |
A fine old timber barn, still in use. |
A21 bridge over the River Medway, by Haysden Water. |
Mainline railway bridge |
High Street Bridge |
Pathside carvings. |
Converted oasthouses. |
Cooling those tired paws. |
Footbridge in the sun. |
Sunrise silhouettes. |
Coopers Lane signpost |
Early sunlight illuminates the Village Hall. |
Resembling a radar installation. |
The gathering storm. |
Pond-bay dam. |
Tonbridge Castle Motte |
The start of another day . |
Early reflections. |
Farningham Viaduct with reflections. |
The boomerang tree.LOL. |
The local Cricket Club sign |
The Lion Hotel |
The Cattle Screen |
C13th century Grade I Listed Parish Church |
Roadside monument. |
Part of The Historical Frieze on Otford Village Hall. |
Wellers Farmhouse. |
A warning sign |
The Pantiles. |
Romford Farmhouse |
Bo Peep Corner. |
The house by the rock, with Mount Ephraim , behind. |
Buttercups at Shirrenden |
Shirrenden House from the public footpath. |
Sisyrinchium in bloom, at St. Dunstan's |
A path through the gravestones. |
A quiet corner in Cranbrook. |
Street decor , Cranbrook style. |
Montbretia , with Benenden School, South Lodge behind. |
High Street at dawn. |
Pretty cottages and Hollyhocks. |
St. Mildred's church tower |
Morning mist in the Rother Valley |
The windpump |
Just catching the early morning rays. |
Traditional Kentish houses |
The High Street northside, catching the early sunlight. |
The Red Lion pub. |
K&ESR two coach diesel multiple departs Tenterden station. |
K&ESR Display board in Tenterden station car park. |
Toy's Hill , from the Ide Hill footpath |
More like Paris, than a sleepy English town. |
Les byciclettes abonder |
Bridge over the town stream |
Rather muddy link from main road to the fields |
Wide open fields just out of the town. |
There will be trees , and shadows of trees. |
Sunrise over The Weald |
Old houses reflected |
St .Mary's Church Ide Hill from Emmetts Garden. |
The Cock Inn |
Dawn light reflected in a puddle. |
The Hop Pole pub |
Just before dawn. |
St. Mary's in the morning light. |
Catkins overhang the footbridge. |
French Street |
Shadows in Mill Lane |
Much drier now , link path to the fields. |
Park Lodge |
Bough Beech reservoir |
Looking south across The Medway Valley |
Bread fungi |
Buttercups , beneath Dale Farm |
English bluebells |
The other way of getting up a hill. |
Hale Oak Farm |
The Old Forge |
Bore Place , rear view. |
English bluebells |
The Windmill pub |
Weald village sign |
Linton Park , Grade I Listed Building |
Cottages in Egerton's southwest corner. |
Wild flowers near Crown Road |
Bramble blossom. |
Looking west across the Darenth Valley at Otford |
Lower Barn Farm , across fields of red poppies. |
Crossing the River Great Stour. |
Wye town from The Junipers |
A shady spot at All Saints' . |
Approach to Soakham Farm |
Where do we go from here , Dad ? |
Bough Beech reservoir in morning mist. |
Morning mist with early sunlight |
Sunlight on morning mist |
Farmland by Dale Farm |
Farmland near Hall's Green |
Tall dead grasses in lea of tree |
Eddie basks in the sunlight and shadows. |
Weald C.P. School |
Giant spider's web on stile LOL. |
Cooling Castle , the main entrance |
Cockham Wood fort , remains thereof |
Early one morning , before the sun was shining ,.............................. |
Early sunlight on the North Downs Way. |
Beth and Max approaching Thurnham Castle . |
Last year's leaves |
White fluffy clouds over the North Downs. |
Early morning sunlight in Birch Wood |
English bluebells in Birch Wood. |
Invicta Oast |
Oast house at Kelsham farm . |
Oast houses at Little Boy Court farm. |
Apple blossom in a new orchard. |
A carpet of English Bluebells. |
East Sutton Church, looking west. |
Eddie on the footbridge. |
Cloches and the dogs , near Headcorn. |
A rural abode , with a tree festooned with pink blossom. |
Sutton Valence ,from the River Beult valley. |