Ale Farm

👻Last Saturday we had a Halloween party and it was all expertly organised by Rachel, aka the Lorax! In addition to extremely creative decorations, spooky food and drink, she organised a Halloween game.               We had to free Gilbert the gourd from the clutches of the evil pumpkins using clues, a treasure hunt and teamwork. We had an hour's time limit and we did it with 7 minutes to spare.

Last Saturday was one of those beautiful, crisp, sunny autumnal days.  We decided to explore some of the footpaths around Ale Farm and head for one of our closest pubs, The Lantern.  We were spurred on by the prospect of enjoying their special brunches. You can just see our greenhouse in the trees of this photo.  The sunny white cliffs of Thanet (Ramsgate) are in the distance.  We could see the sea for a lot of our walk.     This is one of the farms we passsed through.  The pathway goes past the house on the right and up the hill.  In addition to goats they had horses, cattle and chickens.    After leaving the farm we got a little lost and ended up walking along a road.  The roads are narrow and very quiet. It's sometimes difficult to find the well trodden footpaths when the fields have been recently harvested.     Eventually we found our way to the village of Martin.  It's a quiet village with some attractive houses....