May - Rallying in Kent

Thursday 2nd May - saw us heading off for a motorcaravan section rally at Hole Park, Rolvenden.  It was a short hop of only 1 hour's drive and we arrived around 3.00pm and set up in the field along with a few other earlybirds.

Rally at Hole Park, Rolvenden

Friday - was a beautiful, warm sunny day and after breakfast we settled down to sit in the sun with our books until Lorna & Mike arrived.  We all had a good chinwag and then lunch, then off to the Gardens for a stroll around all their lovely flowerbeds and woods.

Magnolia at Hole Park

Heather Bed at Hole Park

Back at the house we partook of coffee and cakes in the tea rooms and eventually made our way back to the van.  In the evening after our friends had left we carried on sitting out in the sun with our glasses of wine.

Saturday - we opted to take a bus trip in to Tenterden.  Along with a number of others staying on the rally field we hopped on the 297 and headed off to 'the shops'.  Tenterden is a really pretty old-fashioned town with lots of antique shops and boutiques, so we did lots of window shopping but not much purchasing.  Unfortunately, it soon started to rain and was not very warm either, quite a difference from the day before.  Buses were only every 2 hours so we caught the 2.00pm bus back before we got soaked to the skin.

Sunday - dawned another nice day luckily, so we set off for a walk around the Hole Park estate and out in to the woods. Bluebells were in abundance, as were magnolias, azaleas, tulips and daffodils.  It was a lovely walk and a place we would recommend to anyone.  There is room for everyone and plenty of places to have a picnic.

Monday - a lazy morning in the sun, talking to new friends made over the weekend.  After lunch we gradually put things away and packed up and left for home around 3.00pm.

Now we just have to get organised again this week ready to go to Dorset next weekend.

Hole Park Gardens