Pete's Walks - Goring, Cray's Pond, Hartslock (page 2 of 4)
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I went maybe a hundred yards left along the lane, then took a bridleway going down a track on my right which would take me to the hamlet of Little Heath. It went steadily uphill, initially between a tall hedge and woodland on my left, then with woods either side. Beyond the wood it levelled out and ran between hedges. After passing one or two properties on my left in Little Heath, I turned left onto a footpath that ran between young hedgerows for almost half a mile to reach a minor road. Here I turned right and followed the road to the edge of Cray's Pond.
Start of the bridleway to Little Heath
The bridleway to Little Heath
The bridleway to Little Heath
The bridleway to Little Heath
Approaching Little Heath
The path from Little Heath to Cray's Pond
The path from Little Heath to Cray's Pond
The road into Cray's Pond
On reaching the edge of Cray's Pond, opposite a car salesroom, I turned left onto a footpath. This went down the right edge of a small enclosure, then continued along the side of a large empty pasture with a wood on my right, before crossing a buttercup-strewn meadow to reach a gate in the far right corner, Beyond the gate I went a few yards right to a bend in a road, where I turned right along a gravel drive (Eastfield Lane, though there was no sign). After a couple of hundred yards, having passed a few properties on my right, I took a footpath forking half-left into what soon became a typically lovely Beech Wood.
The start of the path from Cray's Pond
The path from Cray's Pond
The path from Cray's Pond
Eastfield Lane
Near the start of the path going half-left from Eastfield Lane
The path going half-left from Eastfield Lane