Saturday April 25th 2009; 10.25 miles, approx 200m ascent (Map: OS Explorer 149)
Back to Kent with 9 members of the WWINK group to see a wonder of the natural world - an English bluebell wood in full bloom.
The route we followed was about the same as last year - see "Blue Heaven in Kent" from April 2008. The route is circular-ish, starting and finishing in the village of Selling, a few miles south of Faversham.
We passed through Perry Wood (from the Rose and Crown pub) and then up to the top of the Mount and its wooden tower.
From here we headed S-ish to Shottenden and then S some more and into King's Wood.
We stopped in King's Wood for our lunch break, and like last year we ate lunch in warm sun, though unfortunately (for Jill) the warmth also brought out some nasty, big, fat biting ants.
After lunch we headed to Molash (NW), and then on across farmland back to Perry Wood, thence to Selling, and the White Lion pub for a well-earned pint.
As well as astoundingly beautiful bluebells - I thought even more so than last year, we saw primroses and yellow archangel by the North Downs Way, wood anenomes in Perry Wood and orchids (early purples I think) in Perry Wood and Kings Wood.
Thanks to Jayne for leading the walk (again).