Pete's Walks - Little Missenden, Misbourne Valley, Hodgemoor Woods (page 4 of 5)
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As I drew level with the farm, I turned through a gate and went half-right through an overgrown field. On the far side I turned right on to a track to pass the farm, but then turned left onto a footpath, following it just right of a line of trees to a field corner, with a stile just a few yards to the right in a hedge, giving access to a minor road. Across the road, and a few yards to the left, another path continued along the left edge of a large paddock (there were four Alpacas in a wooden shelter here) with Bowers Farm just to my left. The path then crossed a ploughed field to a path junction on the far side, where I continued straight on along a broad grass headland between two more ploughed fields. Beyond these I turned left at a path crossroads, following a hedge and then a wood on my left, After a few hundred yards, the path turned left and ran through trees for a hundred yards or so to reach the Red Lion pub at Coleshill, opposite the village church.
Bridleway passing Ongar Hill Farm, just before I took a path going left
The path going north from Ongar Hill Farm
The path going north past Bowers Farm after I crossed the minor road
The path continuing north from Bowers Farm (I turned left behind the crossing hedgerow)
The path to Coleshill
The path to Coleshill
The path to Coleshill
Coleshill church
I crossed a road here and took a short path to the left of the churchyard, soon reaching another road. Across this, a path went down a gravel drive, soon continuing between fences and hedge (I took the left fork at a path junction). The path then went slightly left across a ploughed field, passing just left of a small copse in the middle of the field, then heading to a field corner. The path continued a short way through a wood (actually parts of two, West Wood and Coleshill Larches). It then continued beside a hedge on the left and eventually reached Winchmore Hill opposite a chapel.
Near the start of the path from Coleshill to Winchmore Hill
The path from Coleshill to Winchmore Hill
The path from Coleshill to Winchmore Hill
Looking right, from the path from Coleshill to Winchmore Hill
The path continuing through West Wood and Coleshill Larches
The path to Winchmore Hill
Approaching Winchmore Hill