Route (inc pub) Swanley to Ashford

[wiggy001]

Hi all,

I'm getting married in September and will be driving a hired E-Type from my home near Swanley to the venue in Willeborough near Ashford with my best man.

My plan is to take a semi-rural route down if possible, stopping at a nice country pub that is within 30 minutes of Willeborough for a quick nerve-steadier before handing the keys to my best man to drive me the rest of the way.

I obviously need a fairly quick route (I don't think I can get away with being late!), but don't want to do the whole journey in an E-Type Roadster on the motorway.

Any thoughts of either a route or a nice pub would be very much appreciated.

Many thanks in advance

[IndyAndy777]

I would go via West Kingsdown, follow the road to the M20/M26 roundabout, go under the motorway and follow the road to West Malling, then onto Aylesford. Join the M20 at Aylesford, come off at Leeds Castle, stop off at the Ringlestone Arms, a lovely little pub set in the hamlet of Ringlestone, then on from there.

HTH.

[Roadru77er]

^Good call! Ringlestone's a great pub if you can find it! The food is fab.

[anonymous-user]

There's the... http://www.shepherdneame.co.uk/pub/ulcombe/the-pep... ..near Lenham, my favorite pub.

[IndyAndy777]

Roadru77er said:

^Good call! Ringlestone's a great pub if you can find it! The food is fab.

First time I went there I found it ok, thanks to some decent sign posts. Getting home again was a different matter entirely.

[wiggy001]

Many thanks for the replies so far - much appreciated. My only worry now is tthat the pub will be too nice and I might miss that... hic... meeting or wherever it was I was going...

[macar]

I would head straight down the M20 (finding out whether the Jag will do the 150mph),onto Eurotunnel and out into Northern France. Then I would meander down country roads stopping in small villages until I reached the South of France. Stop for an overnighter, few Stellas, then back through the Pyrenees, Biarritz and home.
Oh, the wedding, do that another time.