Pete's Walks- Little Missenden, Hodgemoor Woods, Misbourne Valley (page 4 of 6)
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I turned left along Bottom Lane, following it until it turned sharply right when I continued ahead into Hodgemoor Woods. I now followed a rather convoluted route through the woods, simply to walk some paths I'd never used before. Almost immediately I turned left onto a bridleway, that initially ran just inside the southern edge of the woods. After a short distance it turned half-right, and after three or four hundred yards it brought me to a five-way junction, where I turned right. This path soon brought me to two parallel crossing paths, where I correctly guessed I needed to turn left along the second one (I could have reached this spot by simply going straight on when I entered Hodgemoor Woods).
Bottom Lane
The bridleway after I turned left on entering Hodgemoor Woods
The bridleway after it turned half-right in Hodgemoor Woods
The path after I turned right at the five-way junction in Hodgemoor Woods
The path after I turned left in Hodgemoor Woods (I could have got here by going straight on when I entered the woods)
In less than a hundred yards a white arrow indicated where the footpath switched to the first of the two parallel paths. I continued through the very pleasant woods for about another half a mile, then turned right when I reached a path T-junction near an edge of the woods. For just a few yards I was back on the route I used last May, but then I forked right on a permissive bridleway. After about a quarter of a mile I could see the car park on Botterells Lane just ahead of me - I also spotted a couple of benches, one of which made a convenient spot to sit and and eat my packed lunch (it was now just before 1pm).
The path after I turned left in Hodgemoor Woods
The path after I turned left in Hodgemoor Woods
The path after I turned right near an edge of Hodgemoor Woods (I forked right just before this path goes out of shot)
The path to the car park in Hodgemoor Woods (after I forked right)
The path to the car park in Hodgemoor Woods
The path to the car park in Hodgemoor Woods
I then continued through the car park, taking a path on the other side that ran parallel to Botterells Lane just a few yards to my left. I kept left at a slight fork, and followed the path for several hundred yards until I reached some wooden barriers close to the edge of the wood, where I turned left and went a few yards to reach the lane. On the other side, a path crossed an arable field to a gate, where I turned right and followed a farm track back to a bend in Botterells Lane.
The path from the car park, parallel to Botterells Lane
The path from the car park, parallel to Botterells Lane
The path from the car park, parallel to Botterells Lane
The path from Botterells Lane
The short track after I turned right