Pete's Walks- Circular walk from Amersham Old Town (page 3 of 6)
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When I reached a path T-junction I turned left (I was joining the path that went half-left at the three-way junction where I'd gone left) and passed the entrance to Penn Street church on my left. Previously I have always turned right and gone through the car park to reach the common at Penn Street, but today I continued straight on for a short distance to reach the road through the village. I went a few yards right, then took a path starting on the other side of the road. This soon reached a field, continuing straight on beside a hedge on the left. When the hedge turned left, I turned right on a clear path through the arable crop. I soon had another hedgerow on my right. When I reached a path junction, I was back on familiar ground once more (my usual route between Penn Street and Winchmore Hill) as I followed the path half-left across the field to reach a wood.
The footpath from Penn Street
The footpath from Penn Street
The footpath from Penn Street to Winchmore Hill
It was a very pleasant but fairly short section through the wood, then the path crossed another arable field. The path then ran beside some allotments on my right to reach a lane on the edge of Winchmore Hill. I crossed the lane and continued ahead over an area of grass, and made my way to a seat where I sat and ate my lunch (it was now about 12.50pm)
The footpath from Penn Street to Winchmore Hill
The footpath from Penn Street to Winchmore Hill
The footpath from Penn Street to Winchmore Hill
The footpath from Penn Street to Winchmore Hill
Winchmore Hill (I used the seat for my lunch stop, the third or fourth time I've done so)
I then continued along the road through Winchmore Hill, with a football pitch on the grass on the right. At a road junction I turned sharply left, passing a pub on my right here, then took a footpath on the right after two or three hundred yards. This was soon running between hedges for a short distance before reaching a field, where I continued straight on beside a hedge on my right. After a couple of fields I reached a narrow wood, Coleshill Larches, beyond which the path crossed another arable field, passing a small copse on my left. The path then continued between a wooden fence and a hedge on the left - I suddenly remembered that this can be very muddy, and just as it reached a gate it was, the only place today where I got my boots very dirty. The path then continued on (there was a fine view on the right here, which I don't remember noticing before) to pass along a gravel drive between some cottages and reach a street in Coleshill.
Near the start of the path from Winchmore Hill to Coleshill
The path from Winchmore Hill to Coleshill
The path from Winchmore Hill to Coleshill
The path from Winchmore Hill to Coleshill
The path from Winchmore Hill to Coleshill
The path from Winchmore Hill to Coleshill
Just before reaching Coleshill there was this beautiful view on the right - I've walked this path many times but can't remember noticing it before