The weather forecast said that it was to be the hottest day of the year so far and I think that was probably right. It was a perfect spring day for walking - bright, warm sunshine but with a bit of a breeze. This walk was led by Jayne and Mary and was an adapted version of the route they did for WWINK last year. Sixteen of us met at Selling school car park and set off towards Perry Wood. Unfortunately by the time we got to the Pulpit - the viewing platform on a hill known as The Mount, our numbers were depleted as we had managed to lose a few on the way!! They were soon found without the need to alert the search and rescue helicopters. The Mount is apparently the highest point in East Kent at 540ft above sea level.
We stopped a while on The Mount before descending through the woods and across an orchard to the village of Shottenden. There were lambs in one of the fields and a bit further on, llamas! Soon afterwards the track took us into the first bluebell wood. The timing of this walk was perfect as the bluebells were everywhere and looked stunning. We then crossed the main road between Chilham and Challock and headed into Kings Wood. Again there were bluebells everywhere. Deep in Kings Wood we stopped in a sunny spot for lunch. Most of us sat on a small dry bank of earth but others chose to sit in a puddle!
Small sections of the paths through both Perry Wood and Kings Wood were very muddy and wet but we were able to avoid the worst of it.
The route back to Selling via Molash was then mainly across fields before retracing our steps through some of Perry Wood. We had walked the 10.5 miles in around 5.5 hours with several stops to take photos etc. We all made it back slightly more sunburned and muddy than when we set off.
We stopped a while on The Mount before descending through the woods and across an orchard to the village of Shottenden. There were lambs in one of the fields and a bit further on, llamas! Soon afterwards the track took us into the first bluebell wood. The timing of this walk was perfect as the bluebells were everywhere and looked stunning. We then crossed the main road between Chilham and Challock and headed into Kings Wood. Again there were bluebells everywhere. Deep in Kings Wood we stopped in a sunny spot for lunch. Most of us sat on a small dry bank of earth but others chose to sit in a puddle!
Small sections of the paths through both Perry Wood and Kings Wood were very muddy and wet but we were able to avoid the worst of it.
The route back to Selling via Molash was then mainly across fields before retracing our steps through some of Perry Wood. We had walked the 10.5 miles in around 5.5 hours with several stops to take photos etc. We all made it back slightly more sunburned and muddy than when we set off.
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