Pete's Walks- Great Kimble and Bacombe (page 3 of 4)
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I turned left along the lane for a hundred yards or so, then took a footpath on the other side that went slightly uphill into a wood called High Scrubs. I soon came to a path junction where I turned left, this path soon curving right and leading to a path crossroads, where I crossed a fenced bridleway (the one from Dunsmore to Coombe Hill) and continued straight on along another bridleway with fences either side. At first this was still in High Scrubs, but after several hundred yards It dropped downhill, with large meadows either side of the fences. Towards the end of the meadow on my right, I spotted a Roe deer running off, which had been startled by a couple of walkers coming the other way. Further on, where a path came in on the right, the bridleway turned left and, still with fences either side, ran between some paddocks to reach the hamlet of Bacombe.
The short lane walk
The path through High Scrubs (after I went left at a path junction)
Near the start of the bridleway to Bacombe from High Scrubs
The bridleway to Bacombe from High Scrubs
The bridleway to Bacombe from High Scrubs
The bridleway approaching Bacombe
I turned right along the lane, then after about two hundred yards took a footpath on the left. This crossed a very large empty pasture, heading for the far right corner from where it was just a few yards past a couple of gates to reach a road on the southeastern edge of Wendover. I went left here, away from the village, the road going slightly uphill with a pavement on the right.
Bacombe Lane
The path from Bacombe to Wendover
The road out of Wendover
When the road turned right I very carefully crossed over and followed a footpath going straight on, part of the Ridgeway (which I'd now be following almost all the way back to Great Kimble). I very soon forked right through a gate, and then followed the very pleasant path gradually up Bacombe Hill, with views to my right over the Vale of Aylesbury. Eventually the path levelled out and ran for several hundred yards with bushes and young trees either side. It then went through a couple of gates either side of a bridleway in a 'hollow way', then continued through a more open area to reach the monument on Coombe Hill.
The Ridgeway, near the start of the long climb up Bacombe Hill
The Ridgeway on Bacombe Hill
The Ridgeway on Bacombe Hill
Looking back from the climb up Bacombe Hill, towards Wendover
The Ridgeway - not sure if this is still Bacombe Hill or now Coombe Hill
The Ridgeway on Coombe Hill
Approaching the Boer War Monument on Coombe Hill
View over the Vale of Aylesbury from Coombe Hill