Pete's Walks - Sonning Common and Mapledurham (page 4 of 5)
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On reaching a lane I turned left through the hamlet of Nuney Green. When it came to a junction, I went straight on along a bridleway through Nuney Wood. After a while it left this wood, continuing beside a wood called Walk Shaw on my left. On reaching a bridleway junction I went left, through a small part of Walk Shaw and then turning left along the far side. On reaching a corner of a hedge, the bridleway went left, soon following the left edge of a field, then going through two or three gates as it crossed part of a paddock, before going diagonally through a small plantation of trees to reach the A4074 at Cane End.
The lane at Nuney Green
The bridleway through Nuney Wood
The bridleway through Nuney Wood
The bridleway continuing beside Walk Shaw
The bridleway continuing through Walk Shaw, after I kept left at a bridleway fork
The bridleway continuing towards Cane End (the path goes left in this corner)
Approaching Cane End
I crossed over and turned right (there used to be a Thai restaurant here, but its being redeveloped as new houses). I went straight on where another road came in from the right, then a short way further on took a path on the right. this started down a driveway, then went over a stile on the left, continuing along the right edge of a pasture. Beyond this I turned left along Park Lane, but just for a short way before taking a path on the right. This went across an orchard, then across part of a garden to enter Withy Wood. I immediately went left at a fork in the path, following this path for about half a mile through the wood. On nearing the far side it turned right just inside the wood. Soon the public footpath forked slightly right from what was a clear path, but the two came together again after a couple of hundred yards or so, and soon exited the wood at a lane.
The start of the path from Cane End (it goes over a stile on the left where the grassy drive reaches the white gate)
The path from Cane End
Park Lane
The start of the path after I turned right from Park Lane, heading to Withy Wood
Withy Wood
Withy Wood
Withy Wood
Withy Wood
Withy Wood (the public footpath forks right here rather than continue along the clear path)
Approaching the end of the path through Withy Wood