Wealden Times | WT187 | September 2017 | Education supplement inside

This page: Outside, there are two timber decks, both with tables and chairs to eat out on. The deck outside the guest cabin has an
outdoor ping pong table and an adjacent fire bowl, surrounded by tree trunk stools. For even closer river watching, there’s a large jetty
at high tide level
sited oak trees, just around the river bend is the railway
bridge with its pleasingly antique industrial iron frame
structure – and sitting on top of it all the characteristic
big sky of this marsh and marine landscape.
“You can walk all the way to Camber Sands from
here,” says John Carver, looking out across the view
with fond familiarity, “crossing only one road.”
Yet, it was the less outstanding rear view which first
caught the attention of John and Anna to the property.
“I drive around and notice things,” says John. “I’d seen
this place, it was on my radar, but we decided not to look
for anywhere to buy until our previous house was under
offer, or you’re wasting people’s time. Just after we found the
perfect buyers, Chandler’s Reach came up. It went on the
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