The weather looked reasonable today, so we headed to the station and caught the train to Tunbridge Wells:

Tunbridge Wells Common is a short walk from the station, so it wasn’t long before Rocco had a chance to let off steam:

Wellington Rocks look very strange just “growing” out of the ground:

Rocco had a chance for a drink:

and we had a brief stop in the sunshine:

After grabbing a geocache further on in the woods, we headed to The Pantiles:

By then, it was too late for a coffee, too early for a beer, so found a nice pub (The White Bear) and had one of each with nice comfortable armchairs to sit in:

We were given a little pack of “Mini-Bonio’s” – see the pack on the table. Rocco enjoyed most of these:

Suitably refreshed, we continued along the High Street to a pub (The Bedford) that had a large range of beers:

Unfortunately, they turned out to be not beers we liked, and the pub had large TV screens showing sport, so we headed back to another pub (The Compasses) just off the High Street:

Very friendly, an excellent Ruby Beer (which even Tina enjoyed), and some interesting food:

After lunch we walked through a lovely open space (The Grove), just behind the pub:

Then onto an even nicer park (Calverley Park), which could almost have been a National Trust garden:

From there, it was a short walk back to the station and the train home. Tunbridge Wells station has an interesting mural about the town under the over-bridge:

A nice day out, and we got back well before the rain started!