Pete's Walks - Bledlow Ridge, Bradenham, West Wycombe (page 2 of 5)
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I followed the path across the hilltop and then down the far side, where I had a view across the Saunderton Valley ahead of me. At the bottom of the slope, the path continued beside a hedge on my right. Where the hedge turned half-left, I took a path going right. This ran mainly between hedges for a quarter of a mile or so and brought me to Lee Road, at Saunderton Lee. I turned right, the road soon turning left and after a few hundred yards bringing me to a T-junction, where I went right for a few yards to reach the A4010. A little to the right, I crossed over and went down Little Lane, which was heading towards Loosely Row. After almost half a mile, just before the lane turned left, I took a path starting in the hedge on my right, immediately turning left and making my way quite steeply uphill through a field of long grass (and nettles!), staying close to the field boundary on my right.
The path descending from Coombe Hill
The path (part of the Ridgeway) continuing from Lodge Hill
The path after I turned right from the Ridgeway
The path after I turned right from the Ridgeway
Lee Road
Little Lane
Start of the path up the hillside from Little Lane
View looking back from the path T-junction near the top of the hillside
On reaching a path T-junction in the corner at the top of the field, I turned right along a long footpath heading from Loosely Row to Small Dean Farm. After passing through a small area of trees, the path continued for about half a mile through three or four meadows, following a hedgerow on my left. When the hedgerow petered out, the path turned left. When it came to a protruding hedge corner I went right and left the field at another corner, turning left along Smalldean Lane for a few yards to reach Small Dean Farm.
The path to Small Dean Farm
The path to Small Dean Farm
The path to Small Dean Farm
The path to Small Dean Farm
Approaching Small Dean Farm
Smalldean Lane
I turned right and followed a footpath that started through the farmyard. It then followed a fence or hedge and then part of Park Wood on my left, almost forming a semi-circle as it continuously curved slightly right over about half a mile. On eventually reaching a corner of the wood, the path went left. After a few yards I turned left at a path junction, this path going uphill with part of Park Wood now on my left - this wasn't quite as steep as I remembered, but was longer than I remembered!
The path from Small Dean Farm to Bradenham
The path from Small Dean Farm to Bradenham
The path from Small Dean Farm to Bradenham, after I went left (uphill) at a junction