Directions

Otford is in that beautiful spot north of Sevenoaks that became so over-run with cars before the M25 was built. If travelling from Surrey, it is probably best to Leave the M25 at J5 and head south (towards Sevenoaks) a short distance on the A21. Very soon turn left onto A25 going east. Then look out for the A225 heading north through Otford.

The Woodman has a car park and children are welcome.

Roast dinners are served on Sundays.

Route & Question Sheet

STARTERS 
Can be seen from the front or side of the pub (but the answer may be on either side of the road).

1.	Tree hewer bashes pram mender, a bit odd that
2.	Mix up heather for stock?
3.	Poor start, long middle, bad finish

STAGE I 
Turn right out of the pub and walk down High Street to the entrance to Darent Valley Path.

4.	Various strict vicious naked clones in the chamber
5.	The man who works at the top
6.	Victorian blown about. Still at it
7.	Mythically this is never empty

STAGE II 
Turn right onto Darent Valley Path. Straight ahead, through the kissing gateand follow path along left of field to stile.

8.	Sounds like Eddie George wants us to avoid this subject
9.	Sounds like concert to help investors is frightening people
10.	Target or Pointer?

STAGE III
Over stile and continue ahead to next stile. Over this stile and the next one which is partially hidden. Straight ahead along right hand side of field, through stile and ahead. Cross another track and continue ahead until end of track.

11.	Caught in the act?
12.	This one is not a banker
13.	A small wave with major force

STAGE IV
Turn left down metalled road, cross bridge and follow yellow arrow ahead on track to road.

14.	The Friends of the Earth telling lies?
15.	Obviously these are not Jim's
16.	Disorderly beginnings of a car mob

STAGE V
Turn left onto road and along to the Public Footpath next to the Filston Farm turning - there are no clues along this stretch of road.
Turn left onto Public Footpath down to the barn/ Turn right along the side of the barn then left down side of field to handwritten footpath sign. Left then almost immediately right down to post with two yellow arrows. Turn right along track to end then bear left into field. Follow field around on right hand side until coming to a gap in the hedge on the opposite side of the field.

17.	First!
18.	Their pulling days are over
19.	Three 'appy homes ?

STAGE VI
Turn right through gap over the brook and right along path. Left at end by rusty gate and continue along right hand side of field towards gate ahead. Across stile to right of gate and ahead along left hand side of field to stile.

20.	Triple power rifle?
21.	Motorway maps?
22.	Mature fruit?

STAGE VII
Over stile and ahead to road. Turn left at road and along across the bridge to the Road Narrows 30 mph sign where the walk ends. Continue ahead up the High Street back to the Woodman.

23.	Alcoholic out of practice and hammered
24.	Starts under round and now up straight
25.	Chaucers' got it wrong

Young Walkers Questions

All stages and directions are as the walk above.

STARTER
a.	Add a "c" for cold weather in the land of the polar bear

STAGE I
b.	Name those animals on the wall

STAGE II
c.	He swims through the air with the greatest of ease

STAGE III
d.	Watch out for the seafaring man with a wooden leg and a parrot on his shoulder

STAGE IV
e.	He was a cross man 9 years ago

STAGE V
f.	He's here so they cannot go this way

STAGE VI
g.	A push me pull you custard

STAGE VII
h.	It's a bit warm to worry about this

Answers

1 Shepherd Neame Master Brewers (on pub sign)
2 Sterling
3 Pond (Poor start, long middle, bad finish)
4 Sevenoaks District Council (on notice)
5 Stan (barber shop - also "Head Office")
6 Weather vane with "1883" within flag
7 Horn of Plenty/Cornucopia - pub sign
8 Keep off the Bank please - sign by river
9 Stockade Alarms - on house
10 Indicator arrow with pellet holes
11 Red hand - indicating no entry on gate
12 White Horse - on Kent CC sign
13 Gripple
14 Green Fabrications - on gate
15 Relyfix - Faserfix - on grating
16 Oak Alder Beech Ash Rowan Maple Cherry
17 1A - on telegraph pole
18 Three old tractor tyres
19 Three oast houses
20 M48 - on hate latch
21 M Atlas - on bolts at stile
22 Elder berries
23 Rusty nails
24 URANUS - on concrete pillar (initial letters)
25 Pilgrims Way West - road name

Young Walker Answers

a. ARTICAIR - on compressor at side of pub
b. (Too many to list here!)
c. Fish weather vane on house
d. Skill & cross bones
e. Peter's Ridge 1992 - written into concrete
f. No horses, stallion in field - sign at farm
g. Yellow arrows pointing in both directions
h. Ice - a roadsign waring of ice in the road