Pete's Walks - Cholesbury and Herberts Hole (page 3 of 6)
If you are considering walking this route yourself, please see my disclaimer. You may also like to see these notes about the maps and GPX files.
On entering a large L-shaped pasture, I turned right and followed the right-hand hedgerow, dropping down into a valley named Pednor Bottom. Where the field opened out to my right, the gradient became quite steep (there were some good views from this point too). On reaching a field corner, the path continued down some 'steps' to reach a lane in the valley bottom.
The path from Chartridge, descending into Pednor Bottom
The path from Chartridge, descending into Pednor Bottom
View to the right from the path from Chartridge
The path from Chartridge, descending into Pednor Bottom
Across the lane a footpath went uphill through another pasture, following a tall hedgerow on my right. Beyond the pasture, the path continued to follow the hedgerow, now with a wire fence separating me from another field on my left. The now level path then continued beside another wire fence on my left, through another pasture. It then turned half-left to follow the left-hand hedgerow of another pasture to reach a lane in part of the parish of Pednor.
The path rising up the other side of Pednor Bottom
The path rising up the other side of Pednor Bottom
Further along the same path
Further along the same path, approaching the lane through part of Pednor
A footpath continued across the lane, initially running between a brick wall on my left and a post and rail fence. Further on it went half-right through a small wood (must be newly planted, it is not shown on my OS map), and then dropped straight downhill across an arable field to reach a bridleway running along the valley of Herberts Hole, where I turned right. I was now back on familiar territory, as this bridleway is part of the Chiltern Link and I've walked it as part of another couple of my own circular routes.
The path on the other side of the lane through part of Pednor
Further along the same path
Further along the same path, where it drops down into Herberts Hole
View to the left, along Herberts Hole
The bridleway through Herberts Hole, after I turned right