Kent oast house. Cobham, Kent

Kent is famous for its oast houses. They are everywhere. In the 15th century hops began to be grown in Kent. Kent had the ideal soil for growing hops, and plenty of wood for the charcoal used in the oast houses to dry the hops.

Very windy and rainy on the North Downs Way

March 8th 2008
Only two days of Lav's recovery to go! We can hardly believe that six weeks have passed since her operation. In order to mark the end of her recovery period, we decided to venture onto the North Downs Way. The North Downs Way is 125 miles in length (the South Downs Way is 99 miles). The North Downs Way starts in Farnham, Surrey and ends in Dover, Kent. Today's walk took us to the areas around Thur ... read more

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