Pete's Walks- Maidensgrove Common and Crocker End (page 3 of 4)
After about a third of a mile the footpath entered Wellgrove Wood, most of which was a very charming Beech Wood - it was simply delightful today, with the fresh green leaves on the tress. The path ran through the wood for about half a mile, passing a stand of Yew trees on the right near the end of the wood. On leaving the wood, the path continued along a hedge on the left through some parkland near Soundess House (which I could see away to my right). After several hundred yards I went through a gate in a corner to reach Crocker End.
The footpath from Bix Bottom to Crocker End as it enters Wellgrove Wood
The path to Crocker End continuing through Wellgrove Wood
The path to Crocker End continuing through Wellgrove Wood
The path to Crocker End continuing through Wellgrove Wood
The path to Crocker End continuing through Wellgrove Wood, where it passes some Yew trees on the right
The path to Crocker End continuing through the parkland near Soundess House
Approaching Crocker End
I followed a drive or lane from the gate, soon with the village green on my left, and then took a footpath on the right (the finger-post indicated it was part of the Southern Extension of the Chiltern Way, which I'd now be following for half a mile or so). The path soon entered the area of parkland I'd been in before, going half-left to a gate in a corner. I then turned right along a lane, soon nearing Soundess Farm to my left. Instead of turning left to the farm I went straight on, with a wooden garden fence on my right, following a byway along a track into the Warburg nature reserve. I was soon back into more delightful Beech woods, with the track then dropping down into a valley.
Crocker End
The path back across the parkland near Soundess House
The path back across the parkland near Soundess House
Pond by the lane near Soundess Farm
The lane near Soundess Farm
The byway leading to Warburg nature reserve
The byway leading to Warburg nature reserve
Information board about Warburg nature reserve
The byway continuing through Warburg nature reserve
The byway continuing through Warburg nature reserve