Pete's Walks - Cowleaze Wood and Radnage (page 3 of 5)
At the end of Collier's Lane I continued down Grange Farm Road (a lane!) for a few yards, before turning right onto a bridleway that followed a farm track towards Pophley's Wood (I was mainly looking into the sun on this next section, so I apologise for the quality of the photos). The bridleway curved left and then right as it climbed through the wood to emerge at a house named Pohley's. Here I followed a minor road southwards (right) for a few hundred yards to reach Water End, where I turned left and was soon following a lane downhill between tall thick Holly hedges.
The bridleway leading to Pophley's Wood
A nice Autumn scene, looking right from the bridleway to Pophley's Wood
The bridleway entering Pophley's Wood
The bridleway going uphill through Pophley's Wood
The road to Water End
Water End
The lane from Water End down to Beacon's Bottom
At the bottom of the slope, just before reaching the village of Beacon's Bottom, I took a path on the right. This passed through a small area of beech trees, then turned left and climbed a grassy slope to reach the A40 - there was a nice view to my right here, looking west in the direction of Stokenchurch. Across the main road a stile led into East Wood, the path staying close to the east edge of the wood, until a path junction where it turned right to head into the centre of the wood. The path now led towards the head of a valley, where it turned sharply left and followed a grass strip through the trees.
Start of the path from Beacon's Bottom to the A40
The path from Beacon's Bottom to the A40
Looking north from just before the A40
Near the start of the path through East Wood
The path through East Wood
The path through East Wood
The path through East Wood, approaching the point where it goes sharp left at the head of a valley
The path through East Wood