Busy Day in Kent
Yesterday's route card read as follows:
M20 to J9, then A28 to Tenterden.
Back to A262/A274 to Maidstone, then Rochester.
A2/M25 home.
After an early start, we made good time and were in Tenterden shortly after 9:30 for the Book Fair there. We made some reasonable purchases and were heading home by 11:00.
The route north took in the villages of Biddenden (home of the Chulkhurst twins), Headcorn and Sutton Valence before passing through a log-jammed Maidstone.
The next stop was a retail stop for craft materials at Oyster Stamps, just outside Rochester. We know Graham and Tracy quite well now and he gave me a rundown of the manufacturing process for his rubber stamps, which was quite educatonal!
Next was a stop in Rochester itself for lunch at Peggoty's Parlour in the High Street, and a very quick browse in the bookshops there. Although Baggins is the largest, I actually got some better bargains in the Oxfam shop a couple of doors away.
Finally, we headed for home, but I couldn't resist a diversion to take a look at the church in Cooling, supposed inspiration for the opening scene of Charles Dicken's Great 'Expectations'.
The last leg of the trip home involved a slight diversion via the A13 and A406, due to heavy traffic on the M11 which I thought may have caused holdups on the M25. A busy but pleasant day, and I added Tenterden, Biddenden and Cooling to my Village Signs database.
M20 to J9, then A28 to Tenterden.
Back to A262/A274 to Maidstone, then Rochester.
A2/M25 home.
After an early start, we made good time and were in Tenterden shortly after 9:30 for the Book Fair there. We made some reasonable purchases and were heading home by 11:00.
The route north took in the villages of Biddenden (home of the Chulkhurst twins), Headcorn and Sutton Valence before passing through a log-jammed Maidstone.
The next stop was a retail stop for craft materials at Oyster Stamps, just outside Rochester. We know Graham and Tracy quite well now and he gave me a rundown of the manufacturing process for his rubber stamps, which was quite educatonal!
Next was a stop in Rochester itself for lunch at Peggoty's Parlour in the High Street, and a very quick browse in the bookshops there. Although Baggins is the largest, I actually got some better bargains in the Oxfam shop a couple of doors away.
Finally, we headed for home, but I couldn't resist a diversion to take a look at the church in Cooling, supposed inspiration for the opening scene of Charles Dicken's Great 'Expectations'.
The last leg of the trip home involved a slight diversion via the A13 and A406, due to heavy traffic on the M11 which I thought may have caused holdups on the M25. A busy but pleasant day, and I added Tenterden, Biddenden and Cooling to my Village Signs database.
posted by Alan S. | 18:48
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