Pete's Walks- Maidensgrove Common, Ibstone, Middle Assendon (page 3 of 7)
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At the bottom of the valley I reached another of the Wormsley Estate drives, where I went a few yards left then continued down a hedge-lined bridleway starting on the other side. As always it was very pleasant following this bridleway through the Wormsley valley, and today I had the added pleasure of seeing several Cowslips. After a quarter of a mile or so, I turned right onto a crossing footpath (part of the Chiltern Way), which followed a fence on my left and gradually rose uphill towards Commonhill Wood.
The bridleway through the Wormsley Valley
The bridleway through the Wormsley Valley
The path after I turned right, heading up to Commonhill Wood
The path after I turned right, heading up to Commonhill Wood
A view over part of the Wormsley Valley, along the gap between Great Wood (left) and Hale Wood
On reaching the wood there was a steep but short section before I reached a bridleway, where I turned right (joining part of the route I did last Sunday) and followed the bridleway less steeply up through the wood. On finally reaching and going through a gate, I turned right (leaving the Chiltern Way). Last week I then turned half-left across Ibstone Common, but today I went straight on along the edge of the common, initially with some gorse bushes on my left.
The steep section where the path enters Commonhill Wood
The bridleway through Commonhill Wood, heading towards Ibstone Common
Primroses around the roots of a beech tree
The bridleway through Commonhill Wood, heading towards Ibstone Common
The path along the edge of Ibstone Common
On reaching a solitary tree I forked half-left, following a clear path through the grass to reach a drive. Across this, I continued along the right edge of the common to reach Gray's Lane, where I turned right and soon passed Hellcorner Farm.
The path along the edge of Ibstone Common (I turned half-left by the tree in the centre of this shot)
The path along the edge of Ibstone Common
The lane in Ibstone (Grays Lane)