Pete's Walks - Ashridge, Frithsden, Ward's Hurst Farm (page 2 of 5)
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The permissive path then followed a lengthy hedgerow on my left. There were occasional gaps in the hedge giving views of the Golden Valley as it approached Nettleden. After several hundred yards the permissive path ended when it came to a stile. I went over the stile and continued along a clear path through the grass (actually the public footpath should turn right over the stile and then turn left in a field corner and follow that edge of the field, but there was no sign of such a path today). On reaching a field corner adjacent to some stables, I went through two gates as I turned right onto another path. This path dropped downhill to reach a minor road in Frithsden.
Webb's Copse
The route continuing from Webb's Copse
The footpath continuing from Webb's Copse, with a view along the valley towards Nettleden
The footpath continuing from Webb's Copse - strictly speaking the path should follow the edge of this field
View back over Golden Valley
The footpath dropping down to Frithsden
I went a few yards right along the road where I saw some Star-of-Bethlehem (I'd only seen it two or three times before), then took a footpath on the other side that went gently uphill through the trees of Great Frithsden Copse for almost half a mile (the path keeps right at an apparent fork, indicated by a waymark). I saw some Woodruff growing beside the path here. The path then continued between garden fences, on either side of a private drive (I'm not sure whether this still in Frithsden or part of Potten End) before emerging on part of Berkhamsted golf course, where I turned right onto a bridleway. This was soon running through trees with a fairway just to my left.
The minor road in Frithsden
The footpath through Great Frithsden Copse
The footpath through Great Frithsden Copse
The footpath through Great Frithsden Copse
The footpath after crossing a private drive (not sure if this is in Frithsden or Potten End)
The bridleway going past Berkhamsted Golf Club
I crossed a minor road (the last section before this was very muddy as it usually is), then the bridleway went half-right across a fairway and continued through a wide belt of trees with fairways either side. The bridleway continued through the golf course for several hundred yards.
The bridleway going through Berkhamsted Golf Club, after crossing a minor road and then crossing a fairway