Jam paradise

Our weekend in Kent has certainly left an impression. I have county envy. Well county envy during this period of mellow fruitfulness when every tree and bush we looked at seemed to be ladened down with fruit. Kent is a jam and chutney makers paradise. We went on a walk and saw blackberries, sloes, damsons, apples, greengages, Victoria plums, crabapples - all for the taking growing by the side of the path. If I lived there I could go out every day and come back with a pot of jam for the making.

It's not only fruit. We walked through fields of lettuce. Of course I know these aren't free but it's something we would never see up here in the north. And of course we saw hops growing up strings. It took us a while to click that one. It was an unfamiliar and exciting landscape to us.

All this plus our main reason for being in Kent made for a wonderful weekend...............