Day 5 Aylesford - Harrietsham

So on up on the Pilgrims way and a visit to the White Horse Stone , the remains of a Neolithic long barrow ! Downhill to Boxley church which is 13thC built on Norman foundations . There are also the remains of a Cistercian Abbey and its 186ft guest house which received pilgrims and survives as a long red rooved barn. Supposedly the great
attraction in the abbey church was a Rood screen which featured moving figures operated off stage with wires ! - not today ! Then it’s through Detling and tithe barn and onto Thurnham church and Norman Motte and Bailey . It’s a pretty straight and quiet track but I’m disturbed by an odd but familiar throaty aircraft above ..... seem to entered a time warp hole ....it’s a Spitfire!
Onto Hollingbourne church but it’s also ....ooh err missus ....The Dirty Habit pub! - actually it only refers to the monks working in the fields!
Tonight it’s a stop at Harrietsham and its Norman church tower!Read more