The next Hoo Clean Up event will take place on Saturday 27 April, at 9.30am. Meeting at The Chequers pub in Church Street, volunteers ...

During the Easter weekend I popped down the pub (The Chequers in Hoo), but not for a pint this time! I was asked to judge a children’s East...

I’ve mentioned my family connections to the old Ship pub in Lower Stoke a number of times before. Click here  and here  to take a look at t...

Despite a sprinkling of snow and a chilly breeze, it was good to attend the opening of a new play park in Hoo a couple of weeks ago (on 23 M...

The April edition of Village Voices (the community magazine for Hoo St. Werburgh and Chattenden) is now available to read online. Just click...

Here’s the latest edition of the High Halstow Times. Once again the magazine is packed full of stories, reports and things to do in the vill...

The latest edition of Allhallows Life is now available. Click the image below to read the full copy. This edition includes an intere...

Here's the latest information supplied by Medway Council about how they're handling the snow across the area (9.37am, 12/03/2013): ...

Bellway Homes say that they will soon submit a planning application to build on the last remaining field along Bells Lane in Hoo, known loca...

The next Hoo Clean Up event will take place on Saturday 30 March, at 9.30am. Meeting at The Chequers pub in Church Street, volunteers ...

I always enjoy popping down to Hoo Marina (now known as Port Werburgh). It’s high up on the list of places to go locally whenever I have fa...

I thought I’d share this photograph of my new t-shirt. I designed it online last weekend and it was delivered this morning. One of only ...

Anim-Mates is the popular local animal rescue sanctuary based at St. Mary Hoo. This month, the sanctuary is working to find new homes for ...

It's been a while since I added anything on here about opposing the ludicrous idea of constructing an airport in the Thames Estuary. Bu...

The March edition of Village Voices (the community magazine for Hoo St. Werburgh and Chattenden), is now available to read online. Just clic...

Here’s the latest edition of the High Halstow Times. Once again the magazine is packed full of stories, reports and things to do in the vill...

Join the RSPB for a monthly wildlife adventure at Northward Hill, getting hands-on with nature whilst enjoying our fantastic local landscape...

Here's St. James' Church on the Isle of Grain. The building dates back to the 12th century. The photographs below give us a...

The February Hoo Clean Up took place this morning, despite the odd heavy snow shower (as can be seen from the photo below). 18 people a...

Members of the Hoo Peninsula Model Railway Club meet regularly in Hoo, and they’re keen to attract new members to the group. I atten...

The latest edition of Allhallows Life is now available. Click the image below to read the full copy. This edition includes an intere...

Join the ‘ Craft Fair Calendar Medway & Kent ’ for their special Mother’s Day Craft Fair event on Sunday 10 March, from 11am until 4pm. ...

It’s always nice to see where we live from a slightly different perspective. Towards the end of last year I joined local churchwarden Mick ...

We’re very lucky on the Hoo Peninsula to have so many good, and sometimes quite dramatic, walking routes. However, a popular walk for many ...

High Halstow has a new ‘outdoor gym’ installed behind the Village Hall (The Street, High Halstow), within the grounds of the recreation grou...

It was good getting out and about this week - again exploring some of the more rural parts of Hoo. With a spell of fairly nice sunny we...