Pete's Walks - Kensworth-Whipsnade Downs
I often do a short local walk on a Sunday morning, and this one on 15th March 2009 was fairly typical.
I walked up the road and took the field path to Whipsnade Heath. I followed the path through the wood to the car park and then took the road towards Whipsnade. As I reached the huge green, immediately past the Old Hunter's Lodge. I turned right and took the bridleway in the corner of the green that led to Whipsnade Downs.
Corner of the green at Whipsnade where the bridleway to the Downs begins
The bridleway from Whipsnade to Whipsnade Downs
When I reached Whipsnade Downs, I turned right for a short distance along the top, then turned left downhill beside the fence that here marks the boundary between Whipsnade Downs and Dunstable Downs. I followed the fence as it turned left, and continued on paths to Bison Hill.
Path on top of Whipsnade Downs
Paragliders over Dunstable Downs (the fence line in the foreground is, I believe, where Whipsnade Downs end and Dunstable Downs begin)
Part of the Vale of Aylesbury, from Whipsnade Downs
Old drovers way on Whipsnade Downs
Path near top of Bison Hill
Vale of Aylesbury, from Bison Hill
Ivinghoe Beacon, from Bison Hill
From Bison Hill I returned to Whipsnade and followed paths from the church there to Holywell, before returning to Kensworth via Dovehouse Lane.
Looking back along the path from Whipsnade just before reaching Holywell