We had to scurry to make it to from The Shipwrights Arms in Oare to the semi-final for the Canterbury Bat & Trap League. I’d never seen a bat & trap game before and – to be honest – it was more as a curiosity than with any real interest that we had made plans [...]

Despite what the listing on the Campaign for Real Ale website says, The Shipwrights Arms is not readily visible from the road (unless the writer means the meandering single lane road that leads to the Arms but first you have to find that road). However, it was well worth the several false starts that led [...]

With beer filled bellies we meandered through the Faversham Hop Festival for another hour. The crowds had a friendly feel and several times we ran into a Dutch couple we had met while parking our car. In the spirit of the day, we soon found ourselves wearing crowns made of hops. Although we never spied [...]

As I was saying… Early this winter there was a lively debate in The Guardian over whether morris dancing was soon to disappear; even fans of the art often spoke of it with a touch of humor. Those who weren’t fans fell over themselves making fun of these mostly working class people who can embody [...]