Pete's Walks - Hambleden, Colstrope, Medmenham, Fawley (page 2 of 7)
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On reaching a bridleway, I turned right and followed the hedge-lined bridleway to another part of Great Wood. The bridleway continued through the wood, gradually dropping down hill until it reached a junction in a valley bottom. I continued straight on, rising slightly up the other side of the valley. After maybe a quarter of a mile, a waymark post on the left marked where a path went off on that side. I took that path, rising very gently for a while through the trees.
The bridleway after I turned right, heading back to Great Wood
The bridleway after I turned right, heading back to Great Wood
The bridleway continuing through Great Wood
The bridleway continuing through Great Wood
The bridleway continuing through Great Wood, approaching the junction in the valley bottom
The path continuing from the junction in the valley bottom
The path after I turned left
The path after I turned left
On reaching another junction (as with the one in the valley bottom, the track going left was not a public right of way), I again went straight on, along a surfaced track that dropped downhill, soon running just inside an edge of the wood (with fields to my right). Shortly after leaving the wood (there was now a good view to the left, over the Hambleden valley near Colstrope), the track turned left to reach Bacres Farm. Here the track (now the farm drive) went right, but I took a path going straight on, crossing part of a large meadow to reach a painted gate and a road junction.
The path along the surfaced track, descending just inside Barn Wood
The path along the surfaced track, descending just inside Barn Wood
The path along the surfaced track, continuing from Barn Wood
View left from the track, over the Hambleden valley near Colstrope
The path through the meadow, approaching the road through the Hambleden valley
I crossed the road through the Hambleden valley and went down Colstrope Lane. The lane turned left as it entered the hamlet of Colstrope, When it turned right, I went straight on along a footpath (part of the Chiltern Way) heading north along the valley. It followed a hedge on my left through a meadow, then ran through a small area of trees to reach a lane or drive. I turned right here, soon passing a property named The Hyde on my left.
The lane into Colstrope
The lane continuing through Colstrope
The path going north from Colstrope along the Hambleden Valley
The path going north from Colstrope along the Hambleden Valley
The path after I turned right along the lane near The Hyde