Pete's Walks - Maidensgrove, Ibstone, Middle Assendon (page 2 of 5)
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I turned right and followed the road for about a quarter of a mile until it turned right, where I went straight on for a few yards along Holloway Lane and then turned left along a bridleway, which soon passed Northend Farm and then turned right, entering the Wormsley Estate. Where the bridleway then turned left there was a fine view on the right towards Turville in its valley. The bridleway continued along a track between hedgerows either side. At a gateway on the left there was a nice view over part of the Wormsley Valley, the bridleway then dropping downhill. Where the track then turned left, the bridleway continued straight on down an an old 'hollow way' with trees and hedges on the banks either side
The road through Northend
The start of the bridleway down into the Wormsley Valley, near Northend Farm
View towards Turville, looking right from the bridleway down into the Wormsley Valley
The bridleway down into the Wormsley Valley
View along part of the Wormsley Valley, looking left from the bridleway
Another view towards Turville, looking right from the bridleway
The bridleway down into the Wormsley Valley
The bridleway down into the Wormsley Valley
In the valley I crossed one of the drives on the Wormsley Estate, and continued more or less straight on down a hedge lined track through the Wormsley Valley. After about a quarter of a mile, I turned right where a footpath crossed the bridleway, and followed a fence (separating two large sheep pastures) gradually uphill. I went over a stile into the wood, where there was a short very steep section up to where the path met a bridleway, where I turned right. The bridleway continued uphill through the wood at a much easier gradient. At the top of the hill the bridleway left the wood, running between hedges for a few yards to a gate, beyond which I turned right onto Ibstone Common.
The bridleway through the Wormsley Valley
The path to Ibstone, after I turned right in the Wormsley Valley
The path to Ibstone, approaching Commonhill Wood
View back over the Wormsley Valley, from the edge of Commonhill Wood
The path to Ibstone in Commonhill Wood
The bridleway to Ibstone in Commonhill Wood, after I turned right
The bridleway to Ibstone in Commonhill Wood