Tag: Bearsted

LURCHERS AND CHESTERFIELDS. THE BLACK HORSE, THURNHAM

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November 2025. Thurnham. Maidstone. Into posh Kent and the North Downs we go, for a night in Rye before opera with the in-laws. There may be something in that last sentence to make you a tad jealous. I’m betting it’s not opera. A smattering of new Guide entries for Kent in GBG26, but our first… Continue reading LURCHERS AND CHESTERFIELDS. THE BLACK HORSE, THURNHAM

DON’T PUT BABY IN THE CORNER (OF THE MAIDSTONE GASTROPUB)

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12th November 2022. Mrs RM arranged to meet an old work colleague who’d been left with childminding duties in the fair town of Maidstone. Well, Bearsted, which is probably the posh quarter. Pauline will confirm. Overlooking the attractive green, the White Horse looked dreadful, in a faux Brunning & Price way. AND we had to… Continue reading DON’T PUT BABY IN THE CORNER (OF THE MAIDSTONE GASTROPUB)