Pete's Walks - Great Kimble and Bacombe Hill (page 2 of 4)
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(I used Alternative 1 as shown on the map)
A path almost immediately goes right just inside the wood which has caught me out once or twice - the public footpath continues a few yards further along a track then forks right, going fairly easily uphill. Towards the top of the slope I came to a path junction where I turned left, this path running fairly level through the wood before descending slightly. After a few hundred yards I came to a path junction in what was now Hengrove Wood, where I turned right. This path soon turned left, only to immediately turn right (a path goes straight on here but is not a public right of way) and head uphill - I saw some lovely Wood Sorrel here. I soon reached a path junction where I went right, continuing uphill through the wood until I reached an old lane coming from Buckmoorend.
The path after it forks right and uphill in Widnell Wood
The path after I turned left in Widnell Wood
The path after I turned left in Widnell Wood
The path after I turned left in Widnell Wood
The path after I turned right in Hengrove Wood
The path going uphill through Hengrove Wood
The path going uphill through Hengrove Wood
The end of the lane from Buckmoorend
At the end of the lane, just a few yards to my right, I took a path going left into Chisley Wood - within a yard or two I reached a fork where I kept right, so initially I had a field close by on my right. I followed the path through the wood for about half a mile, until it dropped downhill and reached a five-way junction.
The start of the path through Chisley Wood
The path through Chisley Wood
The path through Chisley Wood
The path through Chisley Wood
I went straight on at the five-way junction (the other options being half-left, left and right) and continued onwards through what was now Fugsdon Wood. After about a third of a mile I reached a lane where I turned left - there were a few Wood Anemones growing by a gate here.
The path continuing straight on from the five-way junction
The path continuing through Fugsdon Wood
The path through Fugsdon Wood approaching the lane
The short lane section