3 men on a walk 2015: A quick loop around Penshurst

Penshurst Loop

Trevor's partner Steph decided that it was such fun seeing the Grand Kids enjoy the playground slide that she had to give it a go herself. Unfortunately, whilst the kids bounced at the end of the slide Steph crunched and had to have her ankle pinned and set in 3 places in hospital. Trevor has been Head Nurse for 10 days and so we decided to get him out of the uniform and into walking boots for a few hours today to stop him going "Nurse Crazy".

This loop of about 6 miles is very pretty and it was a glorious spring day, one of the warmest of this year. We parked up at Penshurst and walked through the parkland surrounding "Penshurst Place" - a beautiful 14th Century manor house and most recently used extensively in the "Wolf Hall" TV series. We then looped back through Penshurst and took the Eden Valley path around to add another few miles to the walk.

The first Bluebell of the season has been spotted. Just a solitary one nestling in a sunny bank but its proof summer is only a few weeks away. We resisted stopping off at The Lester Arms pub in Penshurst because Trevor was itching to get his Nurses uniform back on. Instead we called into the Bowls club in Tonbridge for a quick beer and and a snack.