When I was little, I was convinced that fairies live in bluebell woods. My parents (and grandparents) would take us walking in the stunning bluebell woods in Devon, and I was always blown away by how magical woodlands can look when covered in a pretty purple carpet of flowers. I still think walking through gorgeous bluebell-covered woodland walks is one of the best possible things to do in spring. Over a quarter of the planet’s bluebells are located around the…
Wow. We’ve nearly finished the North Downs Way! This is the second to last section of the walk; it goes from Wye to Etchinghill. It has been a gorgeous walk so far, but now the spring has truly sprung it is just getting better and better. We saw our first bluebells at the beginning of April. Now, over a month later, the blue flowers are starting to wilt. But they have been joined by a whole range of bright wild flowers…
This is another pleasant section along the North Downs Way from Lenham to Wye. We walked along here on the same day as Section 8 (from Detling to Lenham) so we were glad to find that this was the easiest walk so far. The route is around 18km, but it is is pretty flat the whole way so you can manage it even if you are feeling a little tired. Although you don’t get to climb to the top of…
We decided to finish our Easter holidays with an uber-walk! Most of the routes I have blogged about are between 18-25km. However this time, Marc and I decided to take on two walks at once and cover around 40km in one day. We only decided this on the train on the way to Bearsted! I’ll split the walk into two posts, in case some of you plan to follow the official sections of the route. The first half of our…