Chertsey Stroll

Sunday morning, I left Canterbury early and headed across to Copthorne for band practice.
After I managed to not embarrass myself too much on the pipes, and the usual social afterwards I headed up towards London, and the C&C campsite in Chertsey.
They allocated me a pitch next to the river Thames, quite pleasant with only a few planes overhead.

AAC non Walk, North Downs Way, Wye Downs

The wind had died down overnight and the skies cleared. All the alternative walks I had thought about vanished as the forecast showed the rain would hold off until the afternoon. There was also a pamphlet in the site information room showing a shorter version which I could incorporate as required.
That being so I thought I could make use of the original plan watching the skies and the clock, before deciding when to turn back. I also chose to leave as early as I could once I was sorted and the trains complied, so I was off just after 8am.
It was cold this morning as I walked back down to Canterbury, and through the centre, out the west gate and across to the "west" train station. Essentially the same route as last night with a bit on the end.

Dinner Hunt, Canterbury

The journey down was un eventful if you discounted the queues that chewed up the M3 then M25, and finally the M20, adding around an hour to the journey, so I arrived in Canterbury just in time for the end of school day, so the roads were all clogged up.

The day had started off sunny in Herefordshire, and I flirted with the rain all the way down, however once at the campsite it was more blustery than wet. After setting up the van I headed back down into Canterbury for some supplies for the next few days, and also to truffle out some dinner.

South East weekend visit

There is a conflagration of things that I have been invited to, down in the South East this weekend, so I tied them all up in a trip. The idea was to take the van down and make use of a couple of C&C sites, first at Canterbury - we had been there last year so knew how to get around, and then Chertsey - new to me.

I would start by travelling down to Canterbury, then catch the train the following day to Wye for the AAC walk,before returning to Canterbury - then I did not have to find a place to park the van during the day.

Sunday, I would go over to Chertsey, via the bagpipe band practice at Gatwick, ready for the BOC retirees walk on Monday. Using the same double night trick to have somewhere to park the van before returning home early on Tuesday.

Clee Hill Circular

After several days of rain and with Storm Austen coming tomorrow, I chose to go out today, and to go somewhere that I did not think would be too wet. I chose to explore the area of Clee Hill which has many walking routes in the books - I picked the Kittiwake one to base my day on.

The day would start at the village of Clee Hill where I knew there were numerous parking area, then climb up beside the currently operating quarry towards Random farm. Skirting around the farm in the open access area and down the far side to Cleeton St. Mary. Along Jack Mytton way until it meets the Shropshire Way, and follow this back to the top of Clee Hill beside the radar station. Down the Titterstone Incline before contouring around to Dhustone village. Finally along the old railway track bed back to Clee Hill village.