I’m getting to know bits of Kent quite well now I’m living here, and of course places always look far better in summer than wintertime..so this week when there was a chance to further explore a part thats not that far away from where I live I thought I’d take that opportunity, and camera in hand took a walk around East Malling….

I started with the churchyard always happy to see ancient stones covered in moss


Not far from the church is the sort of half timbered old cottage that I love to see and further into the village another one

And then delighted to see a pool of clear water, there seems to be a lot of water running through the village I discovered


And a typical Kentish Oast house and then as I walked further on I could hear running water and found that there was a clear stream running beyond the houses so I followed that to see where it lead,,,

And found to my delight that it opened up to a lake and pathway alongside it


Wow…what an absolute delight of a walk that turned out to be, such a beautiful village but even more beautiful with the running water and steam and lake at the end..so inspirational!
I’ve found my new favourite place, what a joy…