3 Men on a walk 2017: Goudhurst to Cranbrook

Goudhurst to Cranbrook loop

A fabulous Autumn day beckoned and it didn't let us down. Bright sunshine, hardly any breeze and temperatures around 10 deg made it a perfect walk day and Trevor had picked this walk as being worthy of the day. Ivan had leave of absence as Grandchildren required some attention.

We parked up at Goudhurst and walked clockwise around the loop through mostly open countryside with the odd patch of woodland. after 7.5 miles we reached the very pretty town of Cranbrook where the "White Horse" provided sustenance. Following lunch we still had 4.5 miles to go and again the countryside was excellent with some pretty long pulls up and down as can be seen by the 2000 ft plus ascent in the stats below.

This 12 mile walk was excellent and one of the longer ones we have walked of late. On the wild-life front we had several Buzzards over head and a fleeting glimpse of a Kingfisher - Honestly Ivan - as it flew away from us across a pond. Its vivid colours made it instantly recognisable.