Pete's Walks- Coombe Hill and Kingsash (page 3 of 5)
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A few yards right along the lane, the Ridgeway continued down a track on the other side. After two or three hundred yards I spotted a waymark post where a path forked left - this was a new path for me, it had been totally obscured by forestry work when I first tried to do this route. It was now very well waymarked, running through the trees, and then going to the right of a drive. When I then reached a path crossroads I turned left (the waymarking wasn't so good here, as at first I could only se a waymark pointing straight on, I had to check another side of the waymark post to verify the the crossing path was a public footpath).
The Ridgeway, south of Hale Lane
The start of the path forking slightly left from the Ridgeway
The path forking slightly left from the Ridgeway
The path forking slightly left from the Ridgeway
The path soon left the wood, and continued along the edge of a field (initially with a garden to my left). It then crossed a corner of the field to reach a long tree belt, through which ran the course of part of Grim's Ditch, an ancient earthwork. I continued straight on on the other side of the tree belt, following a hedge on my left, the path then crossing another field to reach a small wood. The last three fields had all been ploughed, but beyond the wood the path crossed a larger field that was still stubble.
The path going south towards Grim's Ditch
The path going south towards Grim's Ditch (which runs through this tree belt)
The path after crossing Grim's Ditch
The path after crossing Grim's Ditch
The path after crossing Grim's Ditch
On the far side of the field, I turned right along a bridleway behind the hedgerow, and followed it to Great Widmoor Wood. I continued straight on through the wood until the bridleway ended at a bend in a minor road. I turned right and followed the road into the hamlet of Kingsash.
The bridleway going right, to Great Widmoor Wood
Great Widmoor Wood
Great Widmoor Wood
The minor road into Kingsash
I carried on through Kingsash, until a lane came in on the left. From this junction I took a footpath going half-left, downhill across a huge stubble field (there was a lot of Common Field Speedwell mixed in with the stubble). The path then went over a stile and followed a hedge on my right for several hundred yards (I spotted some lovely Field Pansies along here). I then stayed with the hedge when it turned right (the field being a sort of L-shape).
Near the start of the path from Kingsash to Wendover Dean
The path from Kingsash to Wendover Dean
The path from Kingsash to Wendover Dean
Field Pansy
The path from Kingsash to Wendover Dean, after the hedge turned right in the L shaped field