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CHIDDINGSTONE CASTLE LITERARY FESTIVAL 2018 // 6-8 MAY CELEBRATE MAY DAY WITH KENT LIFE // 7 MAY
Chiddingstone Castle is looking forward to delivering another fantastic literary festival when a great new lineup of authors, illustrators, poets and children’ s performers will be at the castle. Once again, the festival will be sponsored by investment management firm, Brooks Macdonald. The festival programme will offer author talks for adults and teenagers on Sunday 6th May, a wide range of events for families on bank holiday Monday 7th May, and a whole day of children’ s authors, illustrators and workshops especially for schools on Tuesday 8th May.
From 10am. Price: from £ 5 Chiddingstone Castle, Hill Hoath Road, Edenbridge TN8 7AD www. chiddingstonecastle. org. uk / literary-festival / 01892 870347
NORTH DOWNS WAY 40TH ANNIVERSARY WALKS, CHILHAM TO CANTERBURY // 7 MAY
Whatever your age, come along to Kent Life in Maidstone to celebrate May Day. There will be live music and everyone can watch maypole and Morris dancing throughout the day as well as take part in the grand tug-of-war and have a go at maypole dancing themselves. Watch the delightful annual parade and the all-important crowning ceremony of the May King, Queen, Princes and Princesses. Most of the farm’ s attractions are included in admission including the indoor and outdoor play areas and the chance to get up close to some of the farm’ s smaller animals including rabbits and guinea pigs in the cuddle corner.
From 10am. Price: £ 9.95( children 3 to 15 £ 8.25) Kent Life, Lock Lane, Sandling ME14 3AU www. kentlife. org. uk / 01622 763936
SOME MOTHERS DO’ AVE’ EM // 8-12 MAY
An open group walk organised by Walk Awhile Walking Holidays in conjunction with the North Downs Way 40th-anniversary celebrations. Arrive in the village of Chartham Hatch at midday for a short rest and packed lunch. The walk then passes through No Man’ s Orchard and emerges at the foot of Bigbury Camp, an Iron-Age hill fort, where it has been suggested Caesar defeated the British / Belgic tribes on the second incursion into Britain in 54 BC. The group will have the opportunity to explore the earthworks and discuss the references to Bigbury and the battle referred to in the Gallic Wars. The final two miles takes the group through Harbledown village referred to as Bobbe-up-and-down in Chaucer’ s Canterbury Tales( Manciple’ s Tale). At Harbledown the group passes St Nicolas’ s Chapel. The group will also visit the Black Princes Well. Walk length: 7.5 miles.
10am. Price: £ 18 The Square, Chilham CT4 8BY www. nationaltrail. co. uk / north-downs-way / 40thCelebrationWalks / 01227 752762
Everyone’ s favourite 1970’ s classic TV comedy, Some Mothers Do‘ Ave‘ Em is back with Joe Pasquale starring as the loveable, accident-prone Frank Spencer, Sarah Earnshaw as his wife Betty and Susie Blake as his disapproving mother-in-law, Mrs Fisher. The most successful sitcom of the decade gave us the hapless Frank and his long-suffering wife Betty with catchphrases galore and a never-ending list of disasters with roller-skating escapades and runaway chickens. 7.30pm( Wednesday and Saturday matinees 2.30pm). Price: £ 30.50- £ 33.50 The Orchard Theatre, Home Gardens, Dartford DA1 1ED www. orchardtheatre. co. uk / 01322 220000
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