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Kent Commons in a time of plague

I’ve known Sevenoaks my whole life. It was the nearest town to my first home in the village of Otford, and one of my earliest memories is of meeting my Nana there, when she was still spry enough to catch a bus to nearby Riverhead. Actually, I don’t specifically remember anything about our meeting, thoughContinue reading “Kent Commons in a time of plague”

Southborough Common & Hilly Field, Kent.

In late August, I spent a couple of days with my parents in Tunbridge Wells before heading up to Staines to visit the important and fascinating commons in that area. I passed most of my childhood in Tunbridge Wells, a town dominated by a mostly wooded common close to its centre and extending some distanceContinue reading “Southborough Common & Hilly Field, Kent.”