Pete's Walks - Cholesbury and The Lee (page 6 of 6)
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After half a mile or so, the track brought me to Shire Lane. I went a short way left, then took a path on the other side along the right edge of a corn field. On reaching the corner of this field, I went a few steps right then turned left on a path through a tree belt, still on the course of Grim's Ditch. At the end of the tree belt I turned right along a hedge-lined byway (Browns Lane). After a while, this entered Shrubb's Wood, but still with fields close to my right. After a quarter of a mile or so I had a wood called High Scrubs on either side, then after a few hundred yards I had another field close by on my right. After another three or four hundred yards I came to a path junction, where I turned right. leaving the wood and following a hedgerow on my left to return to Shire Lane.
The path on the other side of Shire lane
The path continuing through the tree belt, still on the course of Grim's Ditch
Browns Lane
The byway entering Shrubb's Wood
Shrubb's Wood
High Scrubs Wood
High Scrubs Wood
The path going right from High Scrubs Wood
Just a few yards to the left, I took a path on the other side of Shire Lane (next to a property named Montana). This was soon running just inside part of Drayton Wood, with paddocks to my left. On reaching a path crossing, I turned left, this path running along the edge of a couple of paddocks and then running just inside an edge of a small Beech wood. Shortly after this I crossed the large ditch surrounding the Iron-age hill fort of Cholesbury Camp. The path continued across the paddocks within the fort, leaving it by Cholesbury village Hall. I then turned left along the road through Cholesbury to reach the cricket pitch and my parked car.
The path just inside Drayton Wood
The path through the paddocks, after I turned left to leave Drayton Wood
The path continuing towards Cholesbury
Looking right from where I crossed the ditch of Cholesbury hill fort
Looking left from where I crossed the ditch of Cholesbury hill fort
The path crossing the inside of Cholesbury hill fort
St Lawrence's church, inside Colesbury hill fortd
Cholesbury village hall
It's been a few years since I did this walk, and I'd forgotten how good it is. It's very flat, the section that took me through Bray's Wood being the only noticeable uphill and that was fairly gentle, but there was the usual Chiltern mixture of field paths and woods. There weren't any outstanding views, but the scenery was generally pleasant throughout.