Pete's Walks- Kensworth and Flamstead (page 2 of 3)
When the path reached a crossing hedgerow, it turned left. Immediately before the hedge turned right, the path went through a gap in the hedge. It continued with the hedge now on the left, beside a cornfield. The path then followed the hedge through a large field that usually contains horse but which was empty today. Next the path ran between the hedgerow and a wire fence next to some empty paddocks _ it was rather overgrown in places and I snagged my shirt a couple of times on thorns or brambles. There were a few Yellow Shell moths along here, including four together at one point (more than I've ever seen together before). The path then entered a meadow, staying beside the hedge for a while before bearing very slightly to the right to reach a metal kissing-gate.
The path from Markyate to Flamstead
The path from Markyate to Flamstead
The path from Markyate to Flamstead
The last meadow before reaching Friendless Lane, Flamstead
I then went a short distance left along Friendless Lane on the edge of Flamstead before turning right to go through a small car park. A path continued through a corn field. When it met a crossing path I turned right and followed the path all the way across the field. Next I went a few yards left along a lane called Pietly Hill before turning right onto another footpath. This dropped downhill through another cornfield and in the valley bottom I turned right along a bridleway. After several hundred yards I reached the field corner and Valley Lane, which I followed uphill to my right. I sat and eat my lunch at crossroads before turning left along Friendless Lane.
Path from Friendless Lane, on the edge of Flamstead
The path away from Flamstead
The path across the lane called Pietley Hill - I turned right at the valley bottom
Valley Lane
After a few hundred yards, a footpath went left through Friendless Wood. It continued by turning right alongside the edge of the wood, then going on through two more fields _ it was running parallel to Friendless Lane a short distance to my right. The path then went across part of a field of stubble to a hedge corner, continuing with the hedge on the left. It went right in the next corner for a few yards, before going through a gate and following the longest edge of a triangular paddock that was obviously being used to train horses for show jumping.
Friendless Lane
Path in Friendless Wood
Path continuing beside Friendless Wood
The path continuing parallel to Friendless Lane
The path continuing parallel to Friendless Lane
The path continuing parallel to Friendless Lane