 A Victorian Post Box (if genuine) |
 An old mill house |
 The Post Office and a shingled house. |
 Sunlight shafting through the viaduct. |
 Farningham viaduct, with old mill chimney |
 Farningham Viaduct reflected. |
 Farningham Viaduct with reflections. |
 Farningham viaduct through rosehips. |
 Eddy and Lady , my companions. |
 Early reflections. |
 The boomerang tree.LOL. |
 The local Cricket Club sign |
 Looking downstream where the DVP meets the river. |
 The River Darent in spate |
 Eddie the JR, the waymarker post and the A20 bridge |
 Under the A20 bridge at Farningham |
 The Cattle Screen |
 The Lion Hotel |
 Farningham village sign. |
 C13th century Grade I Listed Parish Church |
 Eynsford village |
 The Darenth Valley |
 Eynsford Castle,the interior range |
 Eynsford village,the ford |
 Eynsford village , trees by the river |
 Looking back to Eynsford. |
 Train on the viaduct across the Darenth Valley |
 Newbarn Farm and Eynsford Hill |
 Looking back on Eynsford |
 A magnificent silver birch tree. |
 Shadows are lengthening at Lullingstone Castle Gatehouse |
 Lullingstone Castle and Lake. |
 Castle Farm Pyramid ?? |
 Lady, my collie dog |
 Roadside memorial. |
 The Darenth Valley, from the Bird of Prey Centre. |
 Mill House |
 Mill House |
 Quaint cottages. |
 April Cottage |
 Riversdale Cottages , AD 1896. |
 Summerhouse reflected in the river. |
 Early 19th century, Grade II Listed ,"Water House" |
 Bridge Cottage, The Old Chapel. |
 Shoreham ; the bridge over the River Darent. |
 The Old Post Office by the bridge. |
 A watering hole. |
 The lychgate in shadow. |
 A commemmorative bench. |
 Messy but not as bad as it has been. |
 Darent Valley Path marker. |
 River Darent in Otford. |
 Bridge Cottage West |
 An historical frieze |
 Otford tea rooms and Gift Shop |
 Reflections on the roundabout pond. |
 Archbishop's Palace tower ruins at dawn. |
 Archbishop's palace ruined tower |
 St. Bartholomew's church, in dawn light. |
 Otford Village Sign |
 Queen Elizabeth II Sun Dial |
 A pretty scene. |
 High Street in early sunshine |
 Junction of Telston Way and High Street |
 Morning mist and a carpet of frost |
 A beautiful splash. |
 Misty morning. |
 Early morning in the Darenth Valley |
 Frost and shadows |
 Cottages on London Road |
 The Rose and Crown restaurant and pub. |
 Springtime is here ! |
 Morning mist in the fields. |
 A carpet of frost. |
 Chevening Road houses reflected. |
 The troll under the bridge. |
 The Bricklayers Arms. |
 The old bridge |
 Chevening Church |
 Chevening Village Hall. |
 The stile, footbridge and the 21 steps. |
 The path runs through a nursery. |
 Just south of the A25, the path is in a hedgerow. |
 The path to St. Mary's church. |
 Looking east from St. Mary's graveyard. |
 St. Mary's church |
 Snowdrops at St. Mary's. |
 St. Mary's church |
 The lane to Manor Farm. |
 Des-res at Manor Farm. |
 Pretty ford-side Cottage |
 Old barn reflected in the ford. |
 Pretty as a picture. |
 Looking back to Otford and the Darenth Valley |
 Entrance to Willow Wood. |
 Eddie in his element |
 Nicely framed. |
 Great Norman Street Farmhouse |
 The North Downs from Camberwell Lane. |
 The Cock Inn |
 Cottages in Ide Hill |
 St. Mary's Church |
 Panorama of The Weald |
 Dawn over the Kentish Weald / 1 |
 Dawn over the Kentish Weald / 2 |
 A lovely old timber barn. |
 Bore Place ,rear aspect to main house. |
 Ivy clad barns |
 The house on the corner. |
 Somerden Oast / 1 |
 Somerden Oast / 2 |
 A lineside hut that's seen better days |
 Somerden Green |
 Footbridge over the River Eden |
 Railings and shadows |
 St. Mary's church |
 The Chid(d)ing stone |
 The High Street |
 Chiddingstone Castle |
 Looking south from Chiddingstone |
 St. Mary's church tower |
 Chiddingstone Castle , through the trees. |
 The Oasts |
 Mrs. Bishop's pottery. |
 Molly's Cottage aka Brook Cottages. |
 Molly's Cottage a.k.a. Brook Cottages 1+2 |
 Renovated oasthouses. |
 The oasts through a dead tree |
 The lane from Wat Stock to Penshurst. |
 Bridge over the River Eden. |
 Looking along the running surface of the bridge over the River Eden. |
 Hiding in the shadows. |
 "It's behind the hedge" |
 Misty morning. |
 The local Phonebox in early mist. |
 Church tower in the mist. |
 The private road to Petre's Field. |
 Looking back from Petre's Field. |
 The Warren Farm. |
 They shall not pass. |
 Footbridge and blossom. |
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 A frosty field and a rickety fence |
 "Lady" in waiting. |
 The local bunch. |
 A stile with an artistic bent. |
 Roadside Barn |
 Prinkhams |
 "The hole in my shoe which was letting in water" |
 Patterns |
 Lady by Willett's Farm |
 Willett's Farm Dairy Ice Cream van |
 WW2 PILLBOX |
 WW2 Pillbox beside the Medway. |
 Mainline railway bridge over the River Medway |
 Bridge forming the Kent / East Sussex border. |
 Ashurst Church |
 Looking north to the Kent Water valley |
 The westward panorama |
 The descent from the Wealdway path. / 1 |
 The descent from the Wealdway path / 2 |
 C 17th Century ,Grade 1 Listed Building Groombridge Place |
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 Pretty cottages |
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 The Church of St. John the Evengelist |
 Shingled houses |
 The Walks cottages |
 Church and cottages. |
 Shingled cottage by the lake. |
 The old boathouse. |
 The footpath approach to Groombridge Place. |
 Groombridge Place |
 Groombridge Place |
 Groombridge Place |
 Reflections upon a rather curious waterway. |
 Ashurst Place |
 The Church Tower. |
 A competitor in the Pram Race. |
 More competiturs in the Pram Race. |
 Another entrant in the Pram Race. |
 Another happy entrant. |
 They don't make them, like they used to. |
 A wonderful victorian house. |
 Tunbridge Wells |
 On the common |
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 Nevill Street jct. London Road. from the Common. |
 The Forum |
 Silhouette |
 Beside Eridge Road |
 Even tree felling doesn't stop the bluebells |
 Carpets of English Bluebells. |
 Much travelled and prized 350 Bullet. |
 Bluebells and collapsed brickwork. |
 The approach to Lower Green Road |
 Woodland paradise. |
 Bluebells in Shadwell Wood. |
 The Red Lion pub |
 A rocky outcrop on the Common. |
 Lady , posing, with bluebells. |
 On Mount Ephraim in the early morning. |
 The house by the rock, with Mt. Ephraim behind. |
 Frant Road from The Common. |
 The Pantiles |
 The Pantiles . |
 Bluebells in High Wood. |
 Swathes of english bluebells. |
 Information Display Board. |
 Looking back along High Woods Lane |
 Little Bayham Farm |
 The gateway |
 The route to follow. |
 For once , I got over the stile first. |
 Farther up the hillside , there's quite a nice view. |
 First sight of the footbridge over the A21. |
 Lady on the footbridge over the A21, Pembury By-pass. |
 Bo Peep Corner |
 Looking back to the hilltop , as I enter Romford. |
 Almost overwhelmed. |
 Romford Farmhouse |
 Lady , by the stile "WT234" ,at Romford Road. |
 The High Weald Landscape Trail passes through this gate. |
 Entering the orchard. |
 English bluebells in sunlight. |
 Footbridge into Foxhole Wood. |
 Lady on the boardwalk |
 Lady , the collie and some fat bloke. |
 A pretty cottage |
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 The High Weald Landscape Trail signpost. |
 Matfield House |
 Shadowplay. |
 Lady in a sea of buttercups |
 Light and shade on the Green. |
 King George V post box. |
 Oasthouses at Goshen Farm. |
 An ornamental staircase. |
 Petals carpet the footpath. |
 Lady on a carpet of petals. |
 Living in the past. |
 Approaching Brenchley. |
 Aquilegia in All Saints Churchyard. |
 The clock tower of All Saints' Church |
 All Saints' Churchyard |
 Massive buttresses at All Saints' |
 Three yew trees , well kept. |
 High Street , Brenchley. |
 Roadsign in Brenchley. |
 Apple blossom , with Hononton Farm behind. |
 Furnace pond. |
 Overflow waterfall from Furnace Pond. |
 Wild flowers by the fence. |
 Shirrenden House |
 Fenced footpath in Shirrenden Grounds. |
 Wild flowers by the fence. |
 Buttercups at Shirrenden. |
 NT Information Board at Sprivers Estate. |
 The old coach house. |
 Sprivers House. |
 Footpath through the Hops fields. |
 Hop poles eagerly anticipating this years growth. |
 First view of Goudhurst |
 Artist preparing her canvas. |
 Stile and footpath to Share Farm. |
 Goudhurst from Share Farm. |
 Share Farm |
 The medieval moated site. |
 St. Margaret's Church |
 Rectory Park. |
 The upper part of the climb to Goudhurst |
 Arriving in Goudhurst. |
 High Street and the Church |
 Church of St. Mary the Virgin |
 The Star and Eagle from St. Mary's churchyard. |
 High Street from St. Mary's churchyard |
 Roadside civic pond ,before 07.00 hours |
 Early morning reflections at Goudhurst village pond. |
 The Vine Inn |
 A delightful front garden. |
 Traditional Kentish housing. |
 St. Mary-the-Virgin church. |
 The old rusty barn. |
 A briar in the panorama. |
 Pretty house in Maypole Lane. |
 Multi coloured blossom. |
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 "High Weald "; an appropriate name for a house, around here. |
 Onward and upward. |
 St. Mary-the-Virgin church, on a misty horizon. |
 HWLT marker on a stile. |
 The old woodcutter's shed. |
 Elements of the local Fire Brigade on operations |
 A " Banana Splits" buggy in the remains of a wood. |
:: attending a fire in angley wood , cranbrook ::
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 Angley Wood. |
 St. Dunstan's Church. |
 Main entrance to St. Dunstan's church. |
 A beautifully appointed house in the corner of the Churchyard. |
 Reflections. |
 A cyclist coming down Stone Street. |
 Cranbrook School. |
 Cranbrook School |
 The St. David's Bridge Strict Baptist Chapel |
 The new blending in with the old. |
 Cranbrook windmill. |
 Cottages in Bakers Cross. |
 Something loomed out of the mist. |
 The mist is still dominant. |
 21 irregular steps and no handrail . |
 A welcome sight, approaching Little Coursehorne Farm. |
 The hog roast chimney |
 Looking down on Little Coursehorne Farm |
 Country cottages. |
 Straggled grass on a surface baked hard |
 The lane opens to a field. |
 Quite suddenly , the mist returns. |
 A misty field , part 2. |
 A misty hill-top |
 Mist can be dis-orientating. part 2 |
 Benenden School , |
 Benenden School , South Lodge. |
 According to the map : ROMAN FORD. |
 The green lane returning to Benenden. |
 Fine Kentish Cottages |
 The Beacon Windmill |
 A portion of the information board adjacent to the paved bridge. |
 The strawberry wood culvert |
 Rowan tree berries adorn the route. |
 The HWLT joins Woodcock Lane. |
 A lovely stream , just about the only stream , flowing, today. |
 Peaceful countryside |
 Oasts at Dingleden Farm |
 Bullrushes line the lakeside. |
 The once and future fence post. |
 The orchard from the suitably positioned park bench. |
 T'mill by' t trees. |
 The route through fields of gold. |
 Church of St. Mary the Virgin |
 Quaint cottages in churchyard. |
 Pretty cottages on church approach. |
 Exit from the common. |
 Avenue to Rolvenden Layne. |
 Pretty cottages and Hollyhocks. |
 Pretty cottages ,all in a row. |
 The Ewe and Lamb pub |
 Tenterden lies in yonder trees. |
 Morning mist by Small hythe |
 Footbridge by a tree. |
 A stout signpost, but not for me. |
 The windpump |
 Vertical ? Just what is vertical ! |
 Beware ! Trains , but not at 7.30am on a Sunday.! |
 Early sunlight and shadows. |
 Never has a sewage works seemed more interesting. |
 Morning mist in the Rother Valley |
 An oast in the morning. |
 The Gatehouse to Heronden Hall |
 The "William Caxton" pub. |
 Methodist Church |
 Borough Place in shadow |
 A beautiful building |
 St. Mildred's church tower |
 St. Mildred's Parish Church |
 Early sunlight on the Woolpack Hotel |
 St. Mildred's church tower |
 Six fields path |
 Fence reflected in farm pond. |
 The 39 steps , actually 50-odd. |
 A bridge to nowhere. |
 The beginning of the end. |
 A re-crossing of the brook. |
 A brighter spot. |
 Dried seed pods and spider webs. |
 The L-shaped lake. |
 Red grouse. |
 Looking back to Dumbournes Farm |
 Smallhythe by the phonebox. |
 Flowers adorn the banking outside Spots House |
 Church of St.John the Baptist |
 Jackdaw cottage |
 Reflections in small panes. |
 A misty morning at Smallhythe. |
 Just out of Smallhythe... |
 Looking back to Smallhythe. |
 That sheepish feeling. |
 Farmland in morning mist. |
 A shock of colour |
 The old barn, in mist. |
 Open fields at last. |
 Horse in the mist , swathed in sunlight. |
 Up the back of the hedge |
 Misty fields at dawn. |
 Windfalls litter the orchard floor. |
 Looking across two counties. |
 Looking west across the Rother Valley |
 Which way should I go ? |
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 Rods and cars line the Rothers banks |
 Looking west from Kitchenham Farm |
 Looking like a large pond ; the River Rother |
 Cross footbridge and stile, then follow that path. |
 A lovely piece of industrial archaeology , old and new. |
 Peace and tranquility . |
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 a vista reduced. |
 A gaggle of geese . |
 The trail in Mill Wood. |
 Fuchsias in a hedge. |
 Tanhouse Farm with oasts, in trees. |
 A pretty cottage by Cock Wood. |
 Through the maize field. |
 Farm track to the in-nominate farm (ruin). |
 Autumn has arrived. |
 The innominate farm ruin,looking down on Rye. |
 Church of St. Mary stands proud above the town of Rye. |
 C 18th century Leasam House from the old road. |
 St. Mary's church and the town of Rye. |
 Rye town through a hole in a hedge. |
 C18th century Leasam House |
 The sheepfold with Leasam House above. |
 Looking back from the new stile |
 Almost in reflection |
 Rolvendene Farm , and the River Tillingham |
 Looking along the river flood defences to Rolvendene Farm. |
 The white windmill |
 A train slowing into Rye station. |
 Street decor. |
 Bike riders visiting the town quay |
 Modern riverside buildings |
 A variety of cottages in Watchbell Street |
 Old cottages |
 Parish Church of St. Mary the Virgin , Rye |
 The Castle Inn |
 Cannons outside Rye Castle.(The Ypres Tower) |
 Period houses in Church Square. |
 C 18th century The Old Vicarage. |
 The Parish Church of St. Mary the Virgin ,C of E. |