Pete's Walks- North from Hambleden (page 3 of 4)
The path now went half-right across a meadow, with views ahead towards Cobstone Mill above Turville. Across the meadow, the path continued through another small section of Poynatts Wood to reach Dolesden Lane, where I turned left. I soon spotted some more Wood Anemones here. When the lane turned right, I took a bridleway that went along a broad track starting on the left. I was now back in the woods again, the bridleway following a valley bottom for about a mile and a quarter through Poynatts Wood, Great Wood, Kimble Wood and Gossetts Wood.
The meadow between the two parts of Poynatts Wood (I think), looking towards Turville with Cobstone Mill above it
The path through the next smaller bit of wood, possibly still Poynatts Wood
Dolesden Lane (I turned left where the lane goes right)
Near the start of the bridleway through the woods
The bridleway through the woods
The bridleway through the woods
The bridleway through the woods
The bridleway through the woods, probably Gussetts Wood now
Approaching the path junction at the end of the woods where I turned left
Eventually, just as the bridleway reached a gateway at the end of Gussetts Wood, I turned left on a crossing footpath. The path rose a short distance through the wood. I stopped to eat my lunch by a stile on the edge of a wood, then crossed an empty pasture to another stile on the other side. Across this I came to a road junction, where I continued straight on down a lane. After about a third of a mile I reached Upper Woodend Farm, where I turned left and took a bridleway that started along a surfaced farm drive, before bearing right between hedges or fences.
The path through Gussetts Wood
Approaching the meadow beyond Gussetts Wood
The lane heading to Upper Woodend Farm
The bridleway from Upper Woodend Farm
The bridleway from Upper Woodend Farm
After some distance the bridleway reached another large wood, and continued on through it. Soon it descended to reach the bottom of a valley. Here the bridleway turned right to follow a surfaced drive, but I took a footpath that went straight on, following a good track up the opposite side of the valley. Again I had walked this path only once before in the opposite direction (see the Hambleden, Stonor, Henley walk I did in August 2011).
The bridleway continuing into more woods (Highfield Plantation or another Great Wood)
The bridleway continuing in Highfield Plantation or another Great Wood
The bridleway continuing in Highfield Plantation or another Great Wood