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20th April
The Hawkhurst Gang
Kingsmill Leading the Raid at the King’s Customs House. Source: Wikipedia
The Hawkhurst Gang were an eighteenth century group of smugglers, based at Hawkhurst in Kent, and who branched out into fully-fledged banditry. The gang terrorised the south of England from the Isle of Sheppey to Poole in Dorset, unleashing a campaign of extortion, robbery and murder. They seemed immune from the authorities and behaved like an unholy cross between the organised crime of the Mafia and the lawless psychopathy of the American Wild West, extending their murderous activities into piratical raids on towns. The gang infamously broke into the Royal Customs House in Poole in 1747 and relieved it of all the produce and goods they could find there. The gang was led by an unpleasant individual known as Richard Kingsmill, one of three brothers who were the leading lights of the criminal enterprise.
A certain William Sturt, a former soldier, let it be known he was forming an anti-outlaw private militia in Goudhurst in Kent and declared the town a no-go area for the Hawkshead Gang. On this day in 1747, Kingsmill responded by declaring his desperadoes would wipe out the Goudhurst militia and would boil the hearts of four of the townspeople and eat them for his supper for their impudence. Sturt the meantime had trained and armed his volunteers so when the inevitable Hawkshead attack came, he was ready. The gang charged into the town as was their wont, but were met by a concentrated volley of musket fire that devastated the outlaws’ ranks and killed Richard Kingsmill instantly. Three other attackers were slain and many others were wounded or captured. The Hawkshead Gang never recovered and the remaining members were hunted down. The two surviving Kingsmill brothers were eventually hanged at Tyburn. Sturt ended his days as Warden of the Gourdhurst Workhouse.
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January 2019
Roll up, roll up. It’s a new year which naturally means it’s time for a new alcohol fuelled, calendar based adventure. After very little discussion and even less persuading, the Calendar Crawl lads decided to get the band back together.
For those unfamiliar with the Calendar Crawl, we visit a different pub each month somewhere in England or Scotland and the pub is dictated by a calendar. It’s the second priciest pastime after Warhammer. This year it’s ‘Olde Worlde Inns 2019’. Ooh la la.
The last time we did this was 2016, the year that gave us Brexit, President Trump and a catalogue of untimely celebrity deaths. The travel, camaraderie and beer proved to be the perfect antidote to a batshit crazy year. And with 2019 poised to be an absolute shithouse, it’s only logical we do this again.
The Peacock Inn, Kent
This month the calendar sent us packing on a 398 mile round trip to The Peacock in Goudhurst, Kent. A beautiful old building that was supposedly a hideout in the 1700s for a murderous gang of tea smugglers called the Hawkhurst Gang. A very English racket.
The pub itself was nice and cosy, and the atmosphere was decent. The clientele ranged from young families out for a meal to middle aged blokes enjoying a Ploughman’s after a morning shooting pheasants. The cask ale selection was limited to four fairly standard Shepherd Neame beers, all of which you can get in a supermarket. The staff were friendly and even took the monthly photo for us, in the absence of our fourth Beatle and resident photographer, Ian Evans.
All in all, it was nice but we couldn’t spend a night there. So after a couple of pints, it was off into Royal Tunbridge Wells to see what other fine establishments the Garden of England had to offer. It seemed as good a time as any to see more of this beautiful county before it becomes the Lorry Park of England. Six pubs and 24 pints later, we were taken home by the nicest taxi driver ever (who correctly placed our Black Country accents), to our weird wooden motel cabin to sleep it all off.
All that’s really left to say is ‘Cheers Kent’ and ‘Yorkshire, lock up your daughters’.
It’s good to be back.
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Random stuff from a walk in a pinetum and arboretum.
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Canon EOS 250D | 22mm | 1/200s | f/6.3 | ISO 100 {Photo 1} Canon EOS 250D | 18mm | 1/200s | f/6.3 | ISO 100 {Photo 2} Canon EOS 250D | 18mm | 1/320s | f/6.3 | ISO 100 {Photo 3} Canon EOS 250D | 20mm | 1/400s | f/6.3 | ISO 100 {Photo 4} All taken on 17/08/2021. One of the most unmissable architectural features in the county of Kent in the southeast of England is the conical 'hats' of typical oast houses. In fact, I'd even go so far as to say that there's nothing more quintessentially Kentish than staying in an oast house. Particularly prevalent in the Kent Weald, these striking buildings were crucial to the beer-brewing process, as their conical roofs were originally used for drying hops. Today, the oast houses around the likes of Goudhurst, Cranbrook and Sissinghurst are cosy homes and bucolic B&Bs, meaning you too can unwind beside a wood-burning fire and count sheep under historic dreams. 𝗛𝗼𝘄 𝘁𝗼 𝗴𝗲𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲: Take a train from London Charing Cross station or Hastings to Royal Tunbridge Wells with the rail company 'Southeastern'. Then catch the 297 bus to Goudhurst with 'Hams Travel'. ______________________________________ #Goudhurst #EnglishVillage #Kent #VisitKent #KentPhotography #OastHouse #ArchitecturePhotography #Canon #Britain #England #UnitedKingdom #GreatBritain #EnglandTourism #BritishSummer #CountryLiving #DreamHome #CountrysideProperties #VisitEngland #CapturingBritain #BritishStyle #BritishArchitecture #BritishLife #IgTravel #Sightseeing #SouthEast #Kings_Villages #Alluring_Villages #Divine_Villages #PeaceAndQuiet #Staycation (at Goudhurst, Kent) https://www.instagram.com/p/CS_eU_OoM29/?utm_medium=tumblr
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Oh my days! This weekend is @hifestuk and I’ll be at @cakeroomhastings all day Saturday 2nd Dec doing live portraits. Please send me an email or DM to book yourself a slot. [email protected] . . . #draw #drawing #ink #wip #art #artist #illust #illustrator #illustration #sketch #sketchbook #benjaminphillips #instaart #instagood #instadesign #design #paint #painting #portrait #portraiture #portraitart #portraitartist #goudhurst #Sussex #hamertonjones (at Cake Room)
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The Green Cross Inn, Goudhurst
Fotos - Alexander Baer
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Beautiful Kent village Goudhurst! So green with stunning views #gardenofengland #kent #goudhurst #picturesque #nofilter #village #nature #rural #fields
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November 2019
The White Hart Inn, Edinburgh
It’s been a divisive couple of weeks, but while Facebook, Twitter and the country as a whole were shit-talking each other over who was gonna vote for who; a crack team of drinkers with varying political views pressed on with a (more important) common cause.
No more dither, no more delay. Get the Calendar Crawl done!
November and December’s trips took place in one pre-festive beer orgy a few weekends ago. But in keeping with previous write ups, I’ll post November now and leave Father Seshmas to deliver December’s next week.
As with the Crawl itself, there’s a lot of ground to cover, so let’s get straight into it. For November, the Calendar was sending us north of the wall to Edinburgh. Pretty harsh. Not only that though, but in December, to finish the year, it was making us visit Washington in Tyne & Wear. Now, we love travel - we wouldn’t be doing this shit if we didn’t. But even for us, a couple of return trips that far north, back to back, heading into a busy festive period was going to be difficult. So it required a bit of creative problem solving.
Fortunately for us, November turned to December mid-weekend, meaning that there was an opportunity to do Edinburgh & Washington in the same trip. All it meant, was a shit load of driving… but needs must. We didn’t spend 10 months visiting places like Beccles, Goudhurst and Blandford Forum just to shy away from piss ups in Edinburgh and Newcastle. So off we went, similar lineup to last time, but with our ranks bolstered by my wife - Katie Allen, who is either long suffering or very lucky (depending on who you ask). She is also the second female to join the ranks of the Calendar Crawl since it became an equal opportunity institution of Sesh Gremlins.
In an attempt to break up the drive, we opted to do a stop off somewhere cool on the Friday. And nothing seemed cooler than every fat goth’s spiritual homeland, Whitby. The home of fish and chips and Dracula. To get there, we had a kick ass drive over the North Yorkshire Moors during the golden sunset and it was truly some of the most beautiful scenery we’ve seen so far. The best of England. Scenery so good, it makes you want to sink a fucking ale or ten. And that’s precisely what we did.
Parking up, we took in the scenery of the ruined Whitby Abbey and headed down the cliffs into the town. From there, with no calendar pub to consider, it was a straight forward case of a good old fashioned pub crawl. We ended up doing 9 in total, including two we found on a list of ‘Pubs to Maybe Avoid’ because they can be “quite local”. One of those however, the Jolly Sailor, was actually one of the most enjoyable. A traditional cash only establishment, packed with crusty sea dog locals and a strictly enforced No Swearing, No Phones/Laptops/Tablets policy (but Smart Watches are okay). Once we’d weathered the initial heckling upon arrival, we ended up having a jolly old time. And because of the screen ban, we actually had to look at and talk to each other, which we haven’t done in years but actually quite enjoyed.
We were told a trip to Whitby is never complete without fish and chips, so for dinner we went to the Magpie Café following a recommendation. And yeah, bloody good cod! Other pubs worthy of a mention are the Quirky Den, a cosy micro pub with different local ales and ciders. And the Golden Lion, an old fashioned boozer where we finished off with rum and ginger beer cocktails and fiercely competitive games of Jenga.
The next morning, it was time for a 3 hour 45 minute drive north to the land of Haggis and Nicola Sturgeon. For the first time the Calendar Crawl has taken us out of England on our ale-chasing adventures. It was time for Edinburgh. With a quick piss break in Lindisfarne to break up the drive and stock up on mead.
Not only had we left the visit to Scotland late, we’d also unintentionally timed it with St Andrew’s Day - so we were sure to be in for a good night. But before things could get really messy, we had to head to the Grassmarket for our penultimate calendar pub - The White Hart Inn. Allegedly haunted, but undoubtedly one of the city’s oldest, the White Hart has apparently hosted many historical figures; including England’s very own regicidal maniac, Oliver Cromwell. You’ll be hard pressed to find revolutionaries of that ilk boozing there anymore though, it was just hoaching with students, tourists and probably pished up locals alike. It was probably one of the nicer calendar pubs, but as it was so busy, we figured it was probably best to go and check in at the AirBNB and dump our bags.
We managed to find a really affordable place to stay; very central, very discreet, luxurious bathroom, free sanitary towels. You know the type of place. It’s got a couple of double bedrooms, some childish beaded curtains hanging on the wall, a dressing table covered in blonde hair and a wardrobe with a hole punched in it. You know the type of place. A plastic bag taped over the fire alarm, a handbag full of stolen makeup in the cupboard, straightener marks and a couple of condom wrappers on the bedroom floor. You know the place. No milk though. Not initially anyway - though the AirBNB host did bring us some with the bottle of red he’d also got us as compensation for giving us the wrong key.
Yeah, we think all the evidence points to our digs probably being used as a knocking shop and/or a cam girls bedroom studio. But man, it was warm and the beds were comfy so it wasn’t all bad. But back to the sesh…
Having finally been able to lock the apartment, we went out into the frosty winters’ night for a bit of a Crawl. We walked through the park, in the icy shadow of the castle on that big fucking rock, and checked out a couple of recommended pubs. The Cold Town House was a personal highlight, a brewery pub with a rooftop bar and some live music. Honourable mentions to The Bow Bar, The Jolly Judge and the Hanover Tap. All offering a good amount of quality ale in bustling but friendly environments.
Throughout this year, we’ve been keeping some interesting stats for the final write up. We’ve kept a record of every round, how much we’ve spent, how many pints we’ve drunk and how many pubs we’ve been to. And it was during a pint or two in the Hanover Tap that we started crunching some numbers and realised that we were actually sitting in our 87th pub of the year. And then that got us thinking, can we make that 100 by the end of the Calendar Crawl in Newcastle? It was quarter to midnight when we realised this, that meant we had about 24 hours to fit in another 13 pubs, but we’d also have to fit some sleep in at our brothel, and have a 3 hour drive down to Washington and Newcastle. But still, we were confident this was achievable.
So did we do it? Well, as this is already 1000 words too long. I’m gonna leave all that for the next update. So find out next week how many pubs we visited, miles we travelled and more depressingly how much money we’ve pissed away on this year long booze cruise.
Thanks for reading.
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kinda wish the locations in xenoblade chronicles followed the naming conventions of places in the UK. Like i don't know. Gaur plain would be renamed Goudhurst plain.
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Seen in a restaurant near Goudhurst, UK. Made me thinkg of Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds/Kylie Minogue .
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