Pete's Walks - Watlington Hill, Cadmore End, Turville (page 4 of 5)
The path followed a fence on the left running downhill from Cobstone Hill. This is one of the steepest paths that I know of in the Chilterns, at one point it looks like you are approaching a sheer drop as the path falls away so steeply. There were very good views again, left towards the Hambleden valley, ahead over Turville towards Southend, and right along the valley that I'd shortly be following. Turville, at the foot of the hill, was as charming as ever, though obviously quite busy with visitors (many attracted by its role as the setting for The Vicar of Dibley, no doubt).
Looking south to the Hambleden valley from near Cobstone Mill
The path from Cobstone Mill to Turville - it drops off so steeply, mort of it is out of view at this point
Cobstone Mill
Turville, from the path from Cobstone Mill
Looking back to Cobstone Mill from the edge of Turville
Turville church
I turned right and followed a lane out of the village, but soon took a bridleway on the left. This followed a hedgerow, gradually curving right. Where it met the edge of Churchfield Wood, I took a path on the left that rose steadily through the trees, and then along the top of a hillside. Again it was very pleasant walking through the wood, and there were occasionally nice views over the valley on my right.
The bridleway from Turville to Churchfield Wood
The path rising from the bridleway into Churchfield Wood
View back to Cobstone Mill from Churchfield Wood
The path through Churchfield Wood
The path through Churchfield Wood
I eventually reached a path junction, where I turned right along a track. After a few yards I took a footpath on the right (the second junction, immediately after where the bridleway I'd been on earlier came in). After a few hundred yards I turned left at the next footpath junction. This next section was very good indeed, as the path contoured along the ridge south of a large valley, through Churchfield Wood and then Idlecombe Wood. The path was a delight to follow, with continual glimpses through the trees on my right over the valley I was accompanying westwards.
Churchfield Wood, just after I turned right onto the track - I then turned right just after the tress in the centre of the photo
The path through Churchfield Wood
View north from the path through Idlecombe Wood
The path through Idlecombe Wood