Pete's Walks - Maidensgrove Common and Moor Common (page 3 of 6)
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I turned right along the road and followed it almost as far as the Frog public house, before taking a path on the left that went past the Village Hall. I soon came to a path junction where I turned right, following a broad swathe of grass between widely-spaced paddock fences for several hundred yards. On reaching a lane, I went a few yards left then took a bridleway on the right, running between old hedgerows - the bridleway leads to St Katherine's Convent at Parmoor, although I wasn't going to follow it that far. The path lead gently uphill, with occasional views towards the Hambleden Valley to my right. After about half a mile I reached Hatchet Wood, where I stayed on the bridleway at a junction where a path forked left. The bridleway now steepened slightly as it made its way through the wood.
The start of the path from Skirmett
The path from Skirmett, after I turned right
Start of the bridleway from Skirmett to Parmoor
The bridleway from Skirmett to Parmoor
View left from the bridleway from Skirmett to Parmoor
The bridleway from Skirmett to Parmoor
The bridleway from Skirmett to Parmoor
The bridleway from Skirmett to Parmoor
Just as the bridleway was reaching the other side of the wood, I took another path forking half-left, staying within Hatchet Wood. About half a mile after leaving the bridleway, the path left the wood and followed a headland between two fields to reach a lane near Frieth (to my left). Across the lane I turned left along a footpath behind a hedge, passing some farm buildings on my right. At a path junction by a gate, I turned right, and was soon following a hedge on my left through a large meadow. When the hedge eventually turned left, the path crossed the meadow to a metal-kissing gate (I could see a second one a little ahead of me, but that's for a different path), where I followed a path just inside Moorend Wood for a short way to reach a track. I turned left along the track, immediately going over a crossing path (with that second gate on my left), then a few yards further on took a path that initially ran just right of the track. This short path through more of Moorend Wood soon brought me to the road at Moor End. Across the road I followed a drive a short way, then forked half-left (when the trees and bushes on the left ended) onto a path through Moorend Common.
The path through Hill's Wood after I forked left
The path through Hill's Wood after I forked left
The path through Hill's Wood after I forked left
The path after I forked left, continuing from Hill's Wood to some farm buildings near Frieth
The path to Moorend Wood
The path to Moorend Wood
The path continuing through Moorend Wood
The path continuing through Moorend Wood