Not far from Appledore was the Ferry Inn, curiously named as the river by the pub is now tiny. But this wasn’t always the case, and the ferry used to run across the River Rother to the Isle of Oxney.

Excellent beers, and we each had a steak burger wrapped in a toasted tortilla – a combination we’d not seen before:

As you can see, the burger was enormous, and perfectly cooked with the meat just pink in the middle.

After that we needed some exercise, so on with the walking boots along the “Reading Sewer”, the water that now flows past the pub:

Further on was a little hill with a nice path leading up it:

and nice views of the Isle of Oxney from the top:

From there, we walked on down and then round back to the pub – a very warm walk though there was a little breeze at the end.

Another glorious day here in the depths of Kent. First stop was Woodchurch Village Life Museum. Didn’t look much from the outside, but an excellently curated collection of local artifacts and tales of village life. Dog friendly too, not that Rocco got too excited by it. This is a carding machine:

From there, we went to Orlestone Forest Nature Reserve. Not sure we saw much nature, but Rocco could have a good run around and chased sticks:

After which, it was time for a drink, so we headed to the Woolpack Inn in Warehorne. A lovely pub in a nice quiet village; almost tempted to stay for lunch, but as it was Sunday, a Roast was the main offering:

We had a quick look at the village church and had intended to walk to the Royal Military Canal, but the 1st stile wasn’t dog friendly and the third field had cows and calves in, so we abandoned that and headed to Parkwood instead. This had a 1.5 mile “Oaks and Bluebells” trail with really nice paths and 8 geocaches to find:

Unfortunately, Rocco found a smelly pond, so we headed back to the barn and forced him to sit in the sunshine until he was dry. We then strolled back to the Wittersham Sports and Social club for excellent beer and a bit of a chat with the locals:

Another lovely day; let’s hope this nice weather continues through the week!

Still a lovely day, so we went for a local walk this afternoon. After a bit of track, there’s a nice wood with paths through – very pleasant in the shade!

Then a field of sheep:

And after a few more paths, we reached the River Rother:

A bit further along the river, we headed inland and encountered a very overgrown path with lots of nettles – not good when you’re wearing shorts…

And further on, an orchard, which was lovely but impossible to find the actual path through so we had to detour around the edges:

This took us to the village, and we found the pub, which unfortunately closed a year ago.

After a quick topup in the village shop, we went to the Wittersham Sports and Social Club. Uninspiring from the outside, and we had to sign in, but enjoyed excellent beer (Tonbridge Coppernob on cask) and cider – and Rocco got some dog biscuits.

We then checked out the village war memorial and park – all very neat and tidy!

then weaved our merry way back:

A lovely walk, helped by a bit of breeze to keep us cool.