These are in reverse chronological order, with the most recent walk at the top .'Local' means the walk is within a few miles of my home in Kensworth, and so most of these could also come under the heading 'Chiltern Hills'.
The distances and times given are usually only very rough estimates!
WARNING: When I originally started writing up these walks, I didn't really intend them to be used as 'route descriptions' for other people to follow. However I am aware that a few people are using them that way - so I should point out that I don't always give enough details in the written descriptions for them to be used that way. Also, unfortunately, I have a dreadful tendency to get 'left' and 'right' confused. So if you want to try any of these walks yourself, I very strongly recommend that you try to follow the route on a map first. The Google Map I provide with each walk may be of some help with navigation. If you do find (or think you find) any mistakes please let me know by email and I will make any corrections as soon as I can (usually I check emails every day).
Date | Route | Area | Length | Time |
27/12/16 | Christmas Common, Turville, Cadmore End (repeat of a walk I last did in October 2011) | Chiltern Hills | About 14 miles | 5h 50m |
17/12/16 | Maidensgrove Common and Henley | Chiltern Hills | About 14 miles | 5h 10m |
3/12/16 | Sonning Common and Mapledurham (variation on a walk I did in October 2015, with 3-4 miles on paths I'd not walked before) | Chiltern Hills | About 12.4 miles | 4h 30m |
26/11/16 | Wigginton and Barn Wood (again - repeat of a walk I did in 2011) | Chiltern Hills | About 12.7 miles | 4h 45m |
19/11/16 | West Wycombe, Lacey Green, Bledlow Ridge | Chiltern Hills | About 14.8 miles | 5h 35m |
5/11/16 | Circular walk from Ewelme (again) | Chiltern Hills | About 15.3 miles | 5h 10m |
29/10/16 | Maidensgrove Common, Ibstone, Middle Assendon (again) | Chiltern Hills | About 15 miles | 5h 55m |
26/10 16 | Cholesbury, Chesham, The Lee (again, repeat of a walk I did in February 2011 | Chiltern Hills | About 13.8 miles | 4h 55m |
22/10/16 | Cowleaze Wood, Ibstone, Chinnor (anti-clockwise) | Chiltern Hills | About 16.5 miles | 5h 55m |
8/10/16 | Little Missenden and Forty Green (anti-clockwise) | Chiltern Hills | About 15 miles | 5h 30m |
2/10/16 | Chenies, Ley Hill, Chipperfield Common (again) | Chiltern Hills | About 13.3 miles | 4h 30m |
25/09/16 | Cowleaze Wood, Christmas Common, Studdridge Farm (anti-clockwise) | Chiltern Hills | About 9.4 miles | 3h 25m |
18/09/16 | Coombe Hill and Kingsash (clockwise) | Chiltern Hills | About 11.2 miles | 4h 10m |
11/09/16 | Great Kimble and Bacombe Hill | Chiltern Hills | About 9.9 miles | 3h 45m |
4/09/16 | Pitstone Hill, Cow Roast, Aldbury (a merger of two other short walks in the Aldbury area, with just a couple of new paths) | Chiltern Hills | About 8.9 miles | 3h 5m |
21/08/16 | Southeast from Cadmore End | Chiltern Hills | About 13.8 miles | 5h 15m |
12/08/16 | Watlington Hill, Nuffield, Russell's Water | Chiltern Hills | About 16.2 miles | 6h 5m |
5/08/16 | Hambleden, Stonor, Fawley | Chiltern Hills | About 13.9 miles | 5h 35m (I took about 220 photos) |
29/07/16 | Cadmore End, Crowell Hill, Radnage (slight variation on a walk I did in October 2011) | Chiltern Hills | About 15 miles | 5h 30m |
24/07/16 | Bison Hill and Totternhoe (a repeat of a walk I did in July 2015, but in the opposite direction) | Local | About 7.3 miles | 2h 50m |
23/07/16 | Wigginton and Drayton Wood (again) | Chiltern Hills | About 6 miles | 2h 15m |
15/07/16 | Lilley and Barton-le-Clay (again) | Chiltern Hills | About 14.5 miles | 5h 10m |
9/07/16 | Stockgrove, the Brickhills, Woburn Sands (again) | Beds/Bucks | About 13 miles | 5h 45m (I got lost a lot!) |
2/07/16 | Alternative Ashridge Walk (again) | Chiltern Hills | About 15.5 miles | 5h 50m |
18/06/16 | Marsworth, Tring Station, Halton | Chiltern Hills | About 14 miles | 4h 50m |
9/06/16 | Four Hills Walk (again) | Chiltern Hills | About 12.9 miles | 5h 40m |
7/06/16 | Maidensgrove Common and College Wood (slight variation on a walk I did last June, with a visit to Warburg nature reserve) | Chiltern Hills | About 8.3 miles | 3h 15m |
29/05/16 | Goring, Hartslock, Cray's Pond | Chiltern Hills | About 8.3 miles | 2h 50m |
22/05/16 | Cobblershill and Little Kingshill (Walk 11 of my Chiltern Chain Walk done in the opposite direction, anti-clockwise, again) | Chiltern Hills | About 12.5 miles | 4h 30m |
15/05/16 | Cholesbury, Great Hivings, Chartridge End | Chiltern Hills | About 8.7 miles | 3h 10m |
8/05/16 | Maidensgrove, Ibstone, Middle Assendon (improved route) | Chiltern Hills | About 15 miles | 6h |
1/05/16 | Circular walk from Amersham Old Town | Chiltern Hills | About 12.8 miles | 4h 25m |
23/04/16 | Stoke Row, Woodhouse Farm, Checkendon | Chiltern hills | About 14.3 miles | 5h 15m |
17/04/16 | Watlington Hill, Russell's Water, Swyncombe (a repeat of a walk I did in March 2010, but in the opposite direction) | Chiltern hills | About 14.8 miles | 5h 15m |
2/04/16 | Ashridge Estate Boundary Trail (again) | Local | About 16 miles | 6h |
25/03/16 | Gaddesden Row and Briden's Camp (variation on a walk I did in September 2015) | Local | About 9.5 miles | 3h 10m |
19/03/16 | Maidensgrove, Ibstone, Middle Assendon | Chiltern Hills | About 14.2 miles | 5h 30m |
13/03/16 | Maidensgrove and Rotherfield Peppard (anti-clockwise) | Chiltern Hills | About 14 miles | 5h 10m |
27/02/16 | Cowleaze Wood, Chinnor, Ibstone | Chiltern Hills | About 16.5 miles | 6h 15m |
14/02/16 | Cholesbury, Ashley Green, Wigginton (a slight variation of the Buckland Common and Ashley Green walk I did in May 2010) | Chiltern Hills | About 12.7 miles | 4h 35m |
7/02/16 | Marsworth Canal Walk (clockwise, again) | Chiltern Hills | About 8 miles | 3h 5m |
30/01/16 | Watlington Hill and Russell's Water (repeat of a walk I did in April 2012) | Chiltern Hills | About 15.3 miles | 5h 40m |
23/01/16 | Ibstone, Wheeler End and Skirmett (clockwise) | Chiltern Hills | About 13.4 miles | 5h 25m |
17/01/16 | Kensworth and Dunstable Downs (after a light snowfall) | Local | About 5.9 miles | 2h 15m |
10/01/16 | Redland End and Coombe Hill | Chiltern Hills | About 10.8 miles | 4h 10m |
1/01/16 | Amersham Old Town and Knotty Green | Chiltern Hills | About 10.2 miles (this route can easily be cut to 8.1 miles) | 4h 5m |