(Castle Gardens on a "packed "Bank Holiday Monday ...)

 Quote from the Castle Admin  :-

"Open 15th March to 2nd November 2008

Monday, Tuesday, Friday Saturday and Sunday 11am - 6.30pm

Last admission is always 5.30pm or an hour before dusk if earlier.

WE ARE CLOSED ON WEDNESDAYS AND THURSDAYS."

..Oh ,and parking will now set you back £2.00  a day. However, we are given to understand a special bus service is to operate  from the Station to the Castle, three or four days a week and at seemingly unpublished times. Start guessing!!!

HOWEVER,  we have now received  a timetable, so all you folks clamouring to get there after being unceremoniously dumped off the train at Staplehurst,  please click  HERE for the information.

Through these pages, we would like to keep all our friends (found at least two...) up to date with news, views and gossip from our corner of the world and hopefully this site will also be of interest to those who live here, used to live here, are overseas, or have just plain never heard of the place...

But first, a brief resumé of who and where we are :-

THE WHO : (no, not the Band)

                Mina  ("The Boss")                                                   Paul ("The Old Git")

(And let's not forget the other two, Suzanne and Rachel, without whose able assistance, we wouldn't be where we are today...............................hmmm!)

THE WHERE :

...somewhere in this lot

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HOW TO:

(Get here if you're interested....)

There are many ways to get to Sissinghurst, dependant upon where you are coming from. For example, from Mars you would need to head for the Moon, turn slightly left, look out for a large bright shiny planet, (only if the Sun's out!!) then aim roughly for the centre. You will of course need some good brakes...

However, if you live a good deal nearer than that, then you only need to take one of the "frequent"* trains from London Charing Cross to Staplehurst Station, and either get a bus at the stop on the A229 or taxi from the station to Sissinghurst village. (Due to the camber in the road and the bend to the right, all buses tend to turn left into the B2083 towards Sissinghurst, so you can't miss it.) For the more active amongst us, walking distance is about 4 miles. If you choose the latter, be careful not to get hung up on the wheel arch of one of the many articulated trucks that regularly shave the side of the road, particularly where there's no footpath. (sidewalk even...)

*Does not take into account Engineering Works, Signal failures, Points failures, leaves, cattle, dead trains, suicidal people and other minor irritants blocking the line.

AND WHY :-

Haven't the faintest idea....Clearly far too much time on hands.

Sooo.....

If, having successfully  blundered your way through the rest of this epic, and the old digits start itching, please feel free to email the authors by clicking on the icon below . Your feedback is most welcome, as are  queries, criticisms, complaints, death threats, anonymous or otherwise, plus any other comments that at least prove you've landed on this page. Village news and gossip is also urgently needed. YOU COULDN'T MAKE IT UP!! (Neither can we, which is why we need the information.) Thanks for visiting!!  - PMT.

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