insideKENT Magazine Issue 79 - October 2018 | Page 70

VISITKENT
NATIONAL APPLE
FESTIVAL AT BROGDALE
APPLES GALORE AT BROGDALE! CELEBRATE
OVER 2,200 DIFFERENT APPLE VARIETIES ON
13TH AND 14TH OCTOBER WITH A
BREATHTAKING APPLE DISPLAY LIKE YOU’VE
NEVER SEEN BEFORE, THEN PICK YOUR
FAVOURITES FROM A RANGE OF TRY-BEFORE-
YOU-BUY RARE AND HERITAGE APPLES.
Enjoy guided walking and
tractor tours of the orchards
of the National Fruit
Collection. Meet the fruit
experts and get your apple
identified with a free Fruit ID
service, join the scientists to
visit scientific climate change
trails, and learn even more
with free horticultural and
rural talks, demonstrations
and cooking demonstrations
all weekend.
Enjoy live music and delicious local food, browse local craft and produce,
meet the animals and enjoy the festival games. Little ones can get stuck
into apple crafts, apple pressing, apple cookery sessions and spooky
apple head carving just in time for Halloween! Entertainment for the
whole family all weekend. Get your discount tickets now at
www.brogdalecollections.org.
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JETSTREAM TOURS
Discover tales of the River Medway and Thames Estuary
with Jetstream Tours! Either sit back and relax on their
passenger boat, or more adventurous thrill seekers can hold on
tight to their seats aboard the jet boat as it sails past Chatham
Historic Dockyard and Upnor Castle. In 2018, join Jetstream Tours
for day trips departing from Rochester, Southend and Gravesend.
See their website for more details about day trips, red sand towers
trips, special events and for private hire enquiries. Jetstream Tours
is also the operator of the Gravesend to Tilbury ferry service
connecting Kent and Essex via river Monday – Saturday.
www.jetstreamtours.com