On Saturday we scattered my mum’s ashes at Eastwell Lake near Ashford. She died last year aged 99 and a half. It was poignant and lovely to evoke fond memories of her with my extended family before a final letting go (in physical form). We scattered my dad’s ashes in the same spot in 2008.
She used to go courting with my dad in this spot in the late 1940s, and they used to borrow a boat while he rowed her round it 
The lake is famous for other reasons as well. Queen Victoria went skating on it when it was frozen (see old photo), as her son lived nearby.
Also the last of the Plantagenets (King Richard III’s illegitimate son) is supposedly buried here. Although not yet confirmed by DNA.
