Pete's Walks- Bledlow and Radnage (page 3 of 4)
There was a nice view left along a steep hillside, before the path passed a corner of a wood and continued more steeply uphill - there were numerous butterflies in the vegetation here and I'm fairly sure I spotted a Silver-Y moth. Towards the top of the slope I entered a small area of trees, then the path levelled out as it ran between hedges or fences to reach the village of Bledlow Ridge.
View left from the path from Radnage Church to Bledlow Ridge
The path from Radnage Church to Bledlow Ridge
The path from Radnage Church to Bledlow Ridge
The path from Radnage Church to Bledlow Ridge
View right from the path from Radnage Church to Bledlow Ridge
The path from Radnage Church to Bledlow Ridge
Across the road I continued down a drive past a few residences, a path continuing to the left of the last one. This path was rather overgrown with bracken. Leaving the Chiltern Way, I then took a path on the right. This followed a hedge on the right until I reached a kissing-gate. There were nice views here over the Saunderton Valley (the broadest of the gaps in the Chiltern escarpment) towards Whiteleaf Hill. The path now dropped downhill across an empty pasture to reach the right end of some conifers. On the far side of these the path turned left, following a fence line to reach Lodge Hill Farm. Here I went the short distance right along the farm drive, before turning left on a bridleway.
The footpath from Bledlow Ridge
View just after turning right near Bledlow Ridge
View from near Bledlow Ridge - the route continues from the trees bottom right to Lodge Hill on the left
The path to Lodge Hill Farm
The bridleway followed a hedgerow on the left, with a large cornfield on my right and the wooded slopes of Lodge Hill ahead. After some distance I came to a bridleway junction where I kept right, continuing along the edge of the field and gently rising over the south-eastern part of Lodge Hill. Beyond the field the bridleway continued through an area of scrub on the lower slopes of the hill - there were lots of wildflowers here, including a couple of my favourites - the pink Common Centaury and the two-tone yellow Common Toadflax. I also definitely spotted a Silver-Y moth here.
The bridleway just a little past Lodge Hill Farm
The start of the bridleway across the south-eastern end of Lodge Hill
View right (south) from the end of Lodge Hill
The bridleway across the south-eastern end of Lodge Hill
The bridleway across the south-eastern end of Lodge Hill