Pete's Walks - Cadmore End, Crowell Hill, Radnage (page 5 of 5)
The bridleway ran through the long thin wood for over a mile, before finally emerging and following a farm track through fields to reach Hall Farm, on the A40 on the edge of Piddington. I crossed the road and went a few yards along a road opposite, before turning right on a long track or drive leading to Fillingdon Farm. As I approached the farm I spotted a Red Kite (I'd been seeing them almost everywhere today) above the woods behind the farm then spotted a Buzzard (this was at least my fourth sighting of the day) fly down and land on a wooden fence on the edge of the woods.
The bridleway through Bottom Wood
The bridleway through Bottom Wood
The bridleway through Bottom Wood
The bridleway through Bottom Wood
The bridleway continuing from Bottom Wood to Ham Farm and the A40
The bridleway to Fillingdon Farm
Fillingdon Farm
Beyond the farm the track continued for a short distance between yet more ploughed fields, and then I turned left onto a footpath. This ran south-westwards through a long thin strip of woodland, then continued on through Barn Wood. It was now a bit tricky taking photographs as I was looking almost directly towards the sinking sun.
The bridleway continuing from Fillingdon Farm
Start of the path through the belt of trees leading southwest to Barn Wood
The path through the belt of trees leading southwest to Barn Wood
Barn Wood
Barn Wood
Another thin strip of woodland connected Barn Wood to Leygrove's Wood, where the path joined a surfaced forestry track. I was soon retracing the route I walked last week, as I followed the track through the wood and a cross a short gap between fields to reach Pound Wood. A short path through the trees on my left cut a corner off the track, which when I rejoined it soon led me under another M40 bridge and back to Cadmore End and my waiting car (on the other side of the green, a few yards to the right).
Leygrove's Wood
The forestry track continuing between Leygrove's Wood and Pound Wood
The M40 bridge near Cadmore End school
This was yet another very enjoyable walk in the Chilterns. It had been a beautiful sunny Autumn day, though a stiff breeze meant that I'd kept my coat on for almost all of the walk (except for a short stretch either side of Stokenchurch). As always it was delightful to walk through beech woods at this time of year, and there were a lot of such sections on this route. The field path sections were also good though, with some very nice views along the valleys around Radnage. It was also enjoyable to mix some well-remembered paths with some new ones, and I'm sure I'll try to use the new ones on other routes. Overall this was definitely a walk I'd recommend and one I'm bound to repeat in the future.