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Although you do not need to do the food trail to find the cache,
the trail offers you a wonderful day out walking and taking in the
local sights, along with enjoying a meal or drink at one of the
area’s fine local eateries or pubs.
Follow the trail of the Peasants’ Last
Revolt through gently rolling fertile countryside, alive
with wild flowers and industrious bees, to the woodland depths of
the county’s largest forest, Blean Woods.
A few miles from Faversham and England’s oldest brewer
Shepherd Neame, beer has been produced for generations using hops
from this area, once picked by ‘hoppers’ from London.
Oast houses, ancient villages and abundant orchards will delight
you, while the area’s past will haunt you as you walk near to
the site of England’s last armed uprising.
You will pass through the ancient settlement of Boughton and
picturesque Hernhill, with its memorial to the local labourers who
lost their lives at the Battle of Bossenden Wood - the
Peasants’ Last Revolt.
At Hernhill you catch your first glimpse of magnificent Mount
Ephraim and its gardens, standing as a beacon above the surrounding
orchards
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At Hernhill is the beautiful 14th century Wealden Hall house
provides a unique place to reflect on the area’s past.
Next you’ll come to Blean Woods – a former royal
forest in existence since before 1600. Human activity here is
limited to the traditional craft of coppicing sweet chestnut trees,
which floods the woodland floor with light in spring and summer,
producing glades of wild flowers, especially bluebells.
Woodpeckers, nightjars and the nightingale, in particular, thrive
here – one of the few places in Britain where you will also
find the heath fritillary butterfly.
If a piece of treasure is removed from the cache, please
replace with something of equal or greater value.
Optional activity: Take a photo of the finder
of the cache wearing the Faversham Rewards badge
(please do not remove this from the cache) and publish to the
www.geocaching.com website.
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