３月のロンドン歩く会 写真レポート コバムホール水仙ウォーク Sunday 20 March 2016: Cobham Hall Ramble

Cobham Hall

On Sunday 20th March 2016, eleven of us met at Victoria station for the annual  “Daffodil Walk” – a circular ten mile walk from Sole Street in Kent, taking in Cobham Hall and its beautiful daffodils. En route we called in at a small, ancient college (now almshouses) at Cobham village and one of the residents told about the dinning room with its grand fireplace, which we saw for the first time. The sun blessed us with its presence in the morning, as we climbed up through the woods in Shorne country park. In the afternoon we braved a crossing of a golf course where fortunately most of the golfers must have been in the bar (the 19th hole). Finding a shortcut into Cobham Hall we took it, only to find we had to clamber through a fence by a locked gate. Safely inside we made straight for Cobham Hall and tea with cake or scone in the grandest of tea rooms, which because of a road closure, we had all to ourselves. The daffodils in the grounds were looking healthy – some out and some to come – and a few of us took a small bunch home. The day had been so good we were behind schedule, and for the last two kilometres had to walk at twice the pace in order to catch the once an hour train. We made it with 4 mins to spare and collapsed into the warm carriage homewards to Victoria station.  Leader David & Maureen

dining room at College

Thatched Cottage

with daffodils

Shorne Country Park

Cobham Hall and garden

ウォークのみならず、コバムホール内のティールームでのお茶もみなさん、楽しんでいただけたようです。最後にこれを逃すとあと一時間待つことになる、１７時発の列車に乗るため、全力疾走ならぬ、速歩で、見事間に合いました。リーダーによると、往路の教会までは３５分かかったそうですが、帰りは同じ距離を１５分で駅に到着しました。お疲れ様でした。文責　Mimi

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