Day 12: Goudhurst to Tenterden

Today's walk contines along the High Weald Landscape Trail in the morning, with short cuts through the historic town of Cranbrook & pretty village of Benenden. After lunch, we take a cross country route to Tenterden and on to St Michael's via a disused railway track. The walk is undulating and scenic, in places, muddy, via farmland and woodland, with many ponds. In Cranbrook we visit churches of St Theodore and St Dunstan's "Cathedral of the Weald". In Benenden we pass a village shop that serves coffee a few hundred yards before our lunch stop After lunch, we visit St George's, Benenden and St Mildred's in the historic Cinque Port of Tenterden, whose tower can be seen from mid-afternoon. There are public toilets in Cranbrook & Tenterden. 2-hourly bus 297 goes direct from Goudhurst to Tenterden (via Benenden); then buses 2 or 12 1.5 miles to St Michael's.

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View from Goudhurst Village Hall John Chenery Original Tweet

Goudhurst Village Hall Maurice Hickman

View of Goudhurst Village Hall John Chenery Original Tweet

St Mary Goudhurst Steven Knowles

St Mary Goudhurst John Chenery Original Tweet

View of Goudhurst John Chenery Original Tweet

Duck resort Adilz, Fred (KWLWG)

Pheasants in equal numbers make tracks - little do they know Adilz, Fred (KWLWG)

The lady from the parish giving us tea looks familiar John Chenery Original Tweet

Warm sunny days and Ancient Churches Caroline Isted

in St Mary's Goudhurst John Chenery Original Tweet

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more wealdan views John Chenery Original Tweet

Anyone for a duck! Maurice Hickman

Deer viewed off piste but not a live one Maurice Hickman

A plague of ducks? I fear they face the same fate as the pheasants. John Chenery Original Tweet

St Theodore's RC church, Cranbrook John Chenery Original Tweet

St Dunstan Cranbrook, the "Cathedral of the Weald" John Chenery Original Tweet

in St Dunstan's John Chenery Original Tweet

Cranbrook windmill Steven Knowles

More ducks Caroline Isted

Joined by The Reverend Ann Pollington, pilgrim of old, from the Cathedral of the Weald Caroline Isted

on a sweltering day, the frontmarkers have spotted a place to drink at the edge of the field! John Chenery Original Tweet

Bernie's sock is off at lunch! John Chenery Original Tweet

Some of the Banstead crew are with us. John Chenery Original Tweet

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St George Benenden John Chenery Original Tweet

Stained Glass Maurice Hickman

Stained Glass Maurice Hickman

in St George's church John Chenery Original Tweet

The Bull at Benenden, where we had had lunch. John Chenery Original Tweet

Gill brought her daughter, grandchildren, and their dog for a taste of pilgrimage this afternoon John Chenery Original Tweet

Just like Goudhurst yesterday, Tenterden (tower visible on left of horizon) taunts us from the top of a hill ahead John Chenery Original Tweet

I just missed the chance to capture a steam engine just now but there goes a heritage diesel John Chenery Original Tweet

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Tenterden too has a large church. After St George in Benenden, this one is dedicated to St Mildred! John Chenery Original Tweet

Pilgrims enjoy an evening meal alfresco Patrick Reeve