Pete's Walks- Goring, Hartslock, Cray's Pond (page 3 of 3)
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The bridleway soon left Little Heath, running along a track between hedges and then continuing on through a wood. It then dropped gently downhill to end at Elvendon Lane. Here I went a short distance left (I saw my first Sanicle of the year beside the lane) and then took a bridleway starting on the other side. This followed a very chalky track slowly uphill, with a very large empty pasture behind the wire fence on my left. Gradually a view opened up along the valley to my left, towards the hills on the other side of the Thames from Goring. When the track turned right, the path continued ahead to reach Wroxhills Wood.
The bridleway in Little Heath
The bridleway from Little Heath
The bridleway from Little Heath
The bridleway from Little Heath
The bridleway to Wroxhills Wood
The bridleway to Wroxhills Wood
I continued very pleasantly through Wroxhills Wood for about a third of a mile, and then turned left where a footpath crossed the bridleway. The path turned left when it reached the western edge of the wood, and continued between the wood and a fence or hedge for some distance, until I reached a lane called Battle Road.
The bridleway continuing through Wroxhills Wood
The bridleway continuing through Wroxhills Wood
The bridleway continuing through Wroxhills Wood
The footpath after I turned left in Wroxhills Wood
Further along the footpath
Looking right from the footpath
A footpath continued on the other side - I was now following the very edge of Goring, with garden fences on my right. For a while the path ran through the bottom of a meadow or paddock (there were some horses in it), then continued down a short alley and crossed a track to reach a residential street where I turned left. When the street turned slightly right, where another street came in on the left, I went straight on down a short alley, then turned right along private drive or track which ended at a road junction. Here I went straight on, over a railway bridge and towards the centre of Goring. I turned left along a footpath to the car park, and beyond the car park I turned right, before turning left and following Manor Road back to where I'd parked.
The path from Battle Road, going along the edge of Goring
The path from Battle Road, going along the edge of Goring
The path from Battle Road, going along the edge of Goring
The path from Battle Road, going along the edge of Goring
The private drive heading towards the centre of Goring
The road through the centre of Goring, from the railway bridge
This was a very enjoyable shorter walk - having driven all the way to Goring I would have preferred to walk further but I had certain time constraints today. Again it was well worth seeing the orchids at Hartslock, and I'm sure I'll try to do a longer version of this walk next year.