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Tried to book Sunday lunch in the featured pubs exactly one year ago next Sunday but they were all full (wedding anniversary - attempt to be flexible on the day) coming back from Kent proper.
Ken | 15.11.17 - 7:30 a.m. | #
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The attachment to Kent goes much further in, DG. I've worked and lived in Woolwich, Plumstead, Eltham, Bromley, Hayes and Chislehurst over the years, and many longer term residents still view themselves as rightfully being in Kent.
Burntweenie | 15.11.17 - 7:47 a.m. | #
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I did an explore around Keston and Downe a few years ago and ended up with the same bus driver on three different journeys. He said there was just one bus that went back and forth between Bromley and Downe; looking at your link to the 146 timetable, that seems to still be the case today.
I'm off to Pratt’s Bottom in a couple of weeks’ time, and it’s going to involve some _very_ careful timing of buses.
Kake | 15.11.17 - 8:48 a.m. | #
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Got a soft spot for The Bull's Head in Pratts Bottom. The locals there helped me out many years ago when my car burst into flames just down the road.
I think this is the first roving DG post where I have drunk in every pub mentioned.
Chris | 15.11.17 - 9:51 a.m. | #
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Just thinking how 'Little Titch' was a tautology, until I read that the description "titchy" originated from the man himself. I never knew that!
Frank F | 15.11.17 - 10:11 a.m. | #
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It's not a part of London (or Kent, it seems!) that I'm familiar with, though it sounds like the Loop passes nearby, which I have done.
Ukip Pie? I imagine it leaves a nasty aftertaste.
Cornish Cockney | 15.11.17 - 10:23 a.m. | #
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Ukip Pie - after you've eaten it, it'll probably try to get out again!
Still anon | 15.11.17 - 10:54 a.m. | #
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I actually misread it as "Nigel Havers won the Apple Day bake-off".
langdon | 15.11.17 - 12:07 p.m. | #
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The 146 is a pretty good bus service for somewhere as rural as Downe, and a great way of getting out to a proper rural pub for the evening.
Cycling from Downe to Cudham is 'fun' - a long, winding downhill run into the valley, then lots of uphill, steadily getting steeper up to that killer 1 in 4 section at the end where, if you aren't careful, your front wheel can come off the ground!
BCW | 15.11.17 - 12:17 p.m. | #
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Nigel Farage was more likely to be found at the George and dragon in Downe. That’s before he permantly moved up to central London.
dg writes: Updated, thanks.
Colininthailand | 15.11.17 - 12:53 p.m. | #
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What a lovely post, I imagine it must have taken a long time to write. It has shown me an area of London I know little about, but looks lovely - and it looks like you had a good day for weather for your visit too. Cudham looks particularly nice. People clinging on to old names is nothing knew. For a while I company I worked for had an office in Teddington, within the London Borough of Richmond. But speak to anyone there (or living nearby) and they would always insist it was Middlesex, not London!
Jon Combe | 15.11.17 - 6:39 p.m. | #
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Wow. The xmas tree farm website is spectacular!
Rob | 15.11.17 - 7:54 p.m. | #
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You missed the new 431 bus, it’ll take you at least as far as the roundabout on the A21... Monday to Friday only and only during shopping hours every 2 hours. You wonder why they bother....
Southern Heights (Light Railway) | 16.11.17 - 12:23 a.m. | #
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With the R5 and R10 run essentially by the same bus, if one doesn't drive it surely doesn't matter which bus the person is taking to Cudham or Pratt's Bottom, I suppose?
Patrickov | 16.11.17 - 6:07 a.m. | #
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Great area to live, just on the edge of London but peaceful enough to not get too busy.
Biggin Hill area is lovely, especially with the Air Show.
Thanks for posting!
Plasterer Orpington | Homepage | 25.04.18 - 4:42 p.m. | #
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