https://www.baldhiker.com Travel, Walks, Retreats & Experiences Mon, 27 Nov 2023 19:15:44 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.2 https://www.baldhiker.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/cropped-FAV-512X512-3-32x32.png https://www.baldhiker.com 32 32 https://www.baldhiker.com/uncovering-the-mysteries-exploring-the-ancient-marvel-of-stonehenge/ https://www.baldhiker.com/uncovering-the-mysteries-exploring-the-ancient-marvel-of-stonehenge/#respond Mon, 27 Nov 2023 19:15:42 +0000 https://www.baldhiker.com/?p=59578 We had been talking about visiting Stonehenge for years. It’s something that has always fascinated me and I haven’t been to see it since I was about ten years old. My family come from Wiltshire...]]> https://www.baldhiker.com/uncovering-the-mysteries-exploring-the-ancient-marvel-of-stonehenge/feed/ 0 https://www.baldhiker.com/a-walk-around-the-haunted-village-of-pluckley-in-kent/ https://www.baldhiker.com/a-walk-around-the-haunted-village-of-pluckley-in-kent/#respond Sun, 16 Jul 2023 16:04:11 +0000 https://www.baldhiker.com/?p=58297 Having been told by a friend of mine, Paula, that she was going to a village in Kent that was haunted, I had to find out more and go and see for myself. Pluckley is...]]> https://www.baldhiker.com/a-walk-around-the-haunted-village-of-pluckley-in-kent/feed/ 0 https://www.baldhiker.com/the-full-monty-eggs-benedict/ https://www.baldhiker.com/the-full-monty-eggs-benedict/#respond Sun, 21 May 2023 15:28:05 +0000 https://www.baldhiker.com/?p=57439 There’s nothing I love more for brunch or lunch than homemade Eggs Benedict. Yum. There’s definitely something so comforting about eggs and this recipe brings out the full flavour of the eggs and whilst filling,...]]> https://www.baldhiker.com/the-full-monty-eggs-benedict/feed/ 0 https://www.baldhiker.com/delicious-homemade-sausage-rolls/ https://www.baldhiker.com/delicious-homemade-sausage-rolls/#respond Sun, 30 Apr 2023 15:38:51 +0000 https://www.baldhiker.com/?p=57275 Who doesn’t love a sausage roll and what’s better than a lovely homemade one, fresh out of the oven? This is an easy way to make your own delicious sausage rolls. People often imagine the...]]> https://www.baldhiker.com/delicious-homemade-sausage-rolls/feed/ 0 https://www.baldhiker.com/a-journey-through-the-full-english-breakfast/ https://www.baldhiker.com/a-journey-through-the-full-english-breakfast/#respond Sun, 19 Mar 2023 15:59:39 +0000 https://www.baldhiker.com/?p=56961 My favourite way to start the day is a full English Breakfast or “Fry Up” or “Full Monty” as it’s affectionately called. Whenever we go out for a treat or stay over at a hotel...]]> https://www.baldhiker.com/a-journey-through-the-full-english-breakfast/feed/ 0 https://www.baldhiker.com/breakfast-at-the-bus-cafe-in-margate/ https://www.baldhiker.com/breakfast-at-the-bus-cafe-in-margate/#comments Sun, 12 Mar 2023 18:05:03 +0000 https://www.baldhiker.com/?p=56940 I love nothing more than a cooked breakfast and I’m always looking for new and different variations on the “Full English” breakfast.  I love walking along Margate seafront and I’ve walked past the bus cafe...]]> https://www.baldhiker.com/breakfast-at-the-bus-cafe-in-margate/feed/ 1 https://www.baldhiker.com/an-orchard-tour-at-brogdale-farm-in-faversham/ https://www.baldhiker.com/an-orchard-tour-at-brogdale-farm-in-faversham/#respond Mon, 28 Nov 2022 14:29:19 +0000 https://www.baldhiker.com/?p=56270 We’d been to Brogdale Farm, Kent, for some of their summer events and had a train ride around the Orchard with the children when they were younger, but we’d never been on a guided Orchard...]]> https://www.baldhiker.com/an-orchard-tour-at-brogdale-farm-in-faversham/feed/ 0 https://www.baldhiker.com/the-stunning-gardens-of-mount-ephraim-in-hernhill/ https://www.baldhiker.com/the-stunning-gardens-of-mount-ephraim-in-hernhill/#respond Thu, 03 Nov 2022 09:53:21 +0000 https://www.baldhiker.com/?p=55536 We hadn’t been to Mount Ephraim in Kent for a few years and I was reminded just how beautiful the gardens were by Julie Wassmer when she was researching her new book in the Whitstable...]]> https://www.baldhiker.com/the-stunning-gardens-of-mount-ephraim-in-hernhill/feed/ 0 https://www.baldhiker.com/the-14th-century-littlebourne-barn-near-canterbury/ https://www.baldhiker.com/the-14th-century-littlebourne-barn-near-canterbury/#respond Tue, 27 Sep 2022 17:36:41 +0000 https://www.baldhiker.com/?p=54824 We’d been to the Aisled Barn in Littlebourne, Canterbury, Kent, lots of times for summer and Christmas fayres and also art shows, but I’d never really looked around the empty barn to see how it...]]> https://www.baldhiker.com/the-14th-century-littlebourne-barn-near-canterbury/feed/ 0 https://www.baldhiker.com/whitstable-harbour-gin-the-taste-of-kent/ https://www.baldhiker.com/whitstable-harbour-gin-the-taste-of-kent/#respond Fri, 16 Sep 2022 18:11:47 +0000 https://www.baldhiker.com/?p=54663 Whitstable Harbour Gin was launched In July 2021, by the landlord Darren Wilton and Justine Setterfield from The Old Neptune pub in Whitstable. I’d heard how good it was and I love to shop local...]]> https://www.baldhiker.com/whitstable-harbour-gin-the-taste-of-kent/feed/ 0