Pete's Walks - West Wycombe, Speen, Hughenden (page 3 of 4)
The path from Boss Lane ran between fences, first with a garden on the right and a paddock or pasture on the left, then uphill between bushes and small trees. At the top of the hill there were views south towards High Wycombe. At one point I went over a stile and jumped down the far side, startling a Great Dane that I hadn't seen on the other side! The footpath continued along a private drive to reach a main road (A4128) on the edge of Cryers Hill.
The path from Boss Lane
View south to High Wycombe from the path from Boss Lane
Close-up shot of Hughenden church
The drive leading to the road at Cryers Hill
I crossed over and took the path on the other side. This was soon running alongside a meadow, sloping down on my right, with more pleasant views back towards Naphill. Further on the path ran between a wood and the back fences of some extensive gardens on my right. It then continued for some distance between hedgerows, before reaching a large arable field where it followed the field edge to the right and then the left, before finally turning right on a bridleway (named Church Lane on the OS map) to reach the A4128 again, almost opposite the entrance to Hughenden Manor.
Start of the path going southwest from Cryers Hill
The path from Cryers Hill
The path from Cryers Hill
The path from Cryers Hill
The path from Cryers Hill
Looking back along the path from Cryers Hill, just before the final turn to the right to reach the main road
As I entered the grounds of Hughenden Manor, I crossed an attractive chalk stream, flowing down the valley to join the river Wye. As I walked up the drive, there were cars queuing to get into the car park at Hughenden Manor (it's a National Trust site, once the home of the Victorian Prime Minister and novelist Benjamin Disraeli). I diverted briefly from the drive to go through the churchyard of Hughenden church and then continued straight on across a short bit of the park around the house to return to the drive.
Cars queuing for the Hughenden Manor car park
Chalk stream flowing through the Hughenden valley, just inside the Hughenden Manor estate
Looking north along the same chalk stream
Hughenden church
Some of the parkland around Hughenden Manor