High Halstow Parish Council

Do you enjoy the air and views of the countryside and enjoy walking in the company of like-minded people? Yes? Then why not join the High Halstow Hikers

For the next few months all walks will be on the SECOND SUNDAY of the month. In the next HH Times we will provide the details of several of these upcoming walks so that people can plan well in advance. By all means just turn up for these walks although it does help a little to know who will be coming if you are able to let us know. Your contact remains Mitchell Dowsett on mitch.dowsett@btopenworld.com or 01634 254428

Other walks in the first part of 2012 are listed below. All are Sundays with expected start times of 10.00 am.

11th March Brickhouse Farm
15th April Upnor and Medway walk
13th May Cranbrook and Sissinghurst
10th June To be announced
8th July High Halstow to Egypt Bay (repeats the first walk of our group as requested by many)

March 2012 High Halstow Times

Our February walk was affected by a short spell of freezing rain around 8am. Nonetheless an intrepid group still made the walk between the lovely village of Sutton Valence to Ulcombe across very snowy fields and back along the ridge above. The walking wasn’t easy but there were some lovely views across the white landscape. A small map reading error towards the beginning just served to show what even- tempered natures the hikers have. The roaring fire in The Swan was very welcome at the end.

The March walk will be on Sunday 11th. It is more local and will start at 10.00 from close to Brickhouse Farm. This can be found about 2 miles after the turning towards Allhallows from the A228 Grain Road at the Fenn Corner Roundabout. Mitchell will be at the triangular island where the road bends to the left in front of the farm from 9.45 onwards and will direct you to some parking. The walk will be about 5 miles long across mainly flat land (threatened by Lord Foster) and including a walk along the seawall. Other walks in the first part of 2012 are listed below. All are on Sundays with expected start times of 10.00 am. Full details of each will appear in the HH Times immediately preceding the respective walk.