Pete's Walks- Cholesbury, Great Hivings, Chartridge End (page 2 of 4)
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I crossed the road and continued on down a footpath that began along the drive to Mount Nugent farm. The path left the drive near where it turned left, going straight on between a fence and a hedge on the right to reach Captain's Wood (a nature reserve now managed by the Chiltern Society). I turned right in the wood, going straight on where another path forked slightly right. Within a few yards I then left the wood, but then followed the edge of the wood on my right for several hundred yards with an attractive green valley on my left.
The path near Mount Nugent Farm, approaching Captain's Wood
Captain's Wood
The path from (and initially alongside) Captain's Wood
Looking back along the path from Captain's Wood
The path continued for several hundred yards after the wood ended, then turned right between a hedge and a wooden fence on my right - there was a lot of Greater Stitchwort growing along here, something I saw a lot of today. The path then continued a short way along a track, before I turned left through a gap in the hedge. I now followed a path along the right edge of a number of meadows or paddocks (one had two horses in it), all of which were made colourful by their profusion of buttercups. The path went half-left across the fourth such field, before straightening out to cross the next meadow.
The path from Captain's Wood
The next path, after I turned right
The first meadow after I turned left
The second meadow
The third meadow
The fourth meadow
The fifth meadow
The path then followed the right edge of a very large ploughed field, with a small valley (the continuation of the one I'd followed from Captain's Wood) to my left. Beyond this large field the path crossed another ploughed field (actually it had an incredibly good crop of stones in it!), passing close to a solitary tree. The path then ran between a wire-topped fence and a hedge on the right, passing a number of paddocks on my left and then Bank Farm.
The path beside the ploughed field
The path beside the ploughed field
The path beside the ploughed field
The same path, now approaching Bank Farm