Pete's Walks- Christmas Common, Russell's Water, Nuffield (page 4 of 7)
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After about half a mile I reached a rather complicated junction where three footpaths and three bridleways meet - I went straight on along a bridleway, which was now a narrow path just inside the edge of a tree belt. Further on there was woodland on both sides, with masses of Bluebells. Eventually the bridleway turned right along a drive, but I continued ahead down a short path to reach a road junction in Nettlebed.
The bridleway to Nuffield
The bridleway to Nuffield
The bridleway to Nuffield, in Heycroft Shaw
The bridleway to Nuffield, in Heycroft Shaw
The bridleway to Nuffield, in Heycroft Shaw
The bridleway to Nuffield
The bridleway to Nuffield
The footpath to Nuffield
I stopped to eat my packed lunch on a bench at this junction, then went straight on down a lane to reach Nuffield church. Opposite it, a path (part of the Ridgeway national trail) led across a meadow and then crossed part of Huntercombe Golf Course, where waymarks and white-topped posts showed the way (it seemed longer across the golf course than I remembered).
Nuffield church
The path from Nuffield Church to Huntercombe Golf Course
Looking left towards the Oxfordshire Plain - as you can see the view was much restricted in these grey conditions
The path continuing across Huntercombe Golf Course (James Bond author Ian Fleming used to play here)
The path continuing across Huntercombe Golf Course
I then crossed a road (the A4130 again) and took a path that went slightly downhill through a wood, then crossed a large arable field. Still on the Ridgeway, I then crossed another section of the Chiltern Way in a tree belt, and continued across another huge arable field, heading towards Ewelme Park.
The path on the other side of the A4130
The path on the other side of the A4130
The path continuing north towards Ewelme Park
The path continuing north towards Ewelme Park