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Penshurst Day 2

Wednesday 18th August 2021

 

Distance Time Elevation in meters

Km		 Elapsed
Hrs-Mins		 Moving
Hrs-Mins		 Gain Loss Min Max
15.29 5H35 4H17 186 186 21 76

   

   

 

 

The Leicester Arms, Penshurst

 

 

Sue, Lesley, Sue, Lyn, Sue and Liz

 

Robin, Ian, Jane, Jim and Paul

Lesley leading the "Blue" route

 

 

The Old Post Office

 

Into the Penshurst Place Estate

 

 

 

 

 

Crossing the River Medway (Ensfield Bridge ?)

 

 

 

Under the railway track

 

Entering Leigh down Green View Avenue

Wonderful Hollyhocks

 

St Mary's Church

 

Looking back over the Green

After walking down "High Street", past the Bat & Ball and Fleur-de-lys pubs,
we turned left towards Leigh Station

 

Pauls Hill Oast

We picked up the Eden Valley Walk by Pauls Hill House

Time for a drink

The trail continued down a snicket

 

 

 

Moorden Farmhouse

There is a path here somewhere!

Crossing the River Eden

Robin, Lyn, Aileen, Bruce, Jim, Jane, Paul and Ian

 

 

 

Chiddingstone

Chiddingstone, one of the prettiest villages in Kent is a beautiful example of a Tudor one-street village. It is very typical of the Kent style, with half timbered sides, gables and stone-hung red tile roofs. The village is named after "The Chiding Stone". The stone is thought to have been used in ancient times as a seat of judgement - hence the name "chiding".

  

 

 

 

 

Chiddingstone Stores & Post Office

 

Fork Handles

 

The tulip Tree Cafe dates back to 1453 with tea rooms iin a converted coach house

 

Mick has not fallen asleep.... he is reading the menu!

 

Grade II listed 15th century Castle Inn

 

Chiddingstone Castle.
From Ancient Egypt to Japan and beyond, Chiddingstone Castle is home to five impressive collections which are the lifetime’s work by one gifted collector. These collections are displayed throughout the historic house, which was his home from 1955 to 1977.

Five Japanese cherry trees donated in memory of the Great East Japan Earthquake March 2011.

 

 

The  Tohoku Earthquake and Tsunami  occurred at 14:46 Japan Standard Time on 11 March 2011. The magnitude 9.0 undersea earthquakehad an epicenter in the Pacific Ocean, 72 km east of the Oshika Peninsula of the Tohoku region. It lasted approximately six minutes, causing a 
tsunami. It is sometimes known in Japan as the "Great Earthquake Disaster of East Japan", among other names. The disaster is often referred to in both Japanese and English as simply 3.11 (read san ten ichi-ichi in Japanese).

It was the most powerful earthquake ever recorded in Japan. The earthquake triggered powerful tsunami waves that may have reached heights of up to 40.5 meters.

The tsunami caused the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster, primarily the meltdowns of three of its reactors, the discharge of radioactive water in Fukushima necissitating an evacuation zone in a 20 km radius affecting hundreds of thousands of residents. This area is still closed off today.

  

 

 

 

 

 

Aileen and Lyn

 

Aileen, Liz, Lesley, Bruce, Jane, Ian and Jim

Leaving Chiddingstone

Heading back to Penshurst