Pete's Walks - Marsworth, Tring Station, Halton (page 4 of 6)
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After a while the byway turned left. I went straight on where a byway went right, then at the next junction I turned right onto yet another byway that after quarter of a mile or so brought me to a lane. Across this the byway continued (now called Fox Lane). After another quarter mile or so I turned left onto a footpath, following a hedgerow on my right through two fields with the wooded slopes of Aston Hill ahead of me. The path then ran past a garden on my left to reach Dancers End Lane where I turned right.
The byway after I turned right at a T-junction of byways
Fox Lane
Fox Lane
The path after I turned left from Fox Lane
The path after I turned left from Fox Lane
Where the wood on the left came to an end, I turned left along a path just inside the wood and started the long uphill section to the top of Aston Hill. This was a steady plod, the first part being relieved somewhat by the occasional views right, out towards the Vale of Aylesbury. Further on I had the wood on both sides (the trees over the fence on my right housed a mountain biking course), but the gradient eased here. After I while I came to the wooden fence around Aston Hill farm, which the path followed to reach the roughly surfaced farm drive.
The start of the path up Aston Hill
The path up Aston Hill
View right from the path up Aston Hill
The path up Aston Hill
The path up Aston Hill
The path up Aston Hill
The path up Aston Hill
I then continued along the farm drive, with the wood still on my right and then the car park of the Mountain Bike centre on my right. On reaching a road, I crossed over and went a few yards left before turning into a drive. Here I immediately went over a stile on the left, and then crossed an empty pasture diagonally, passing a trig column in the centre. Through a gate in the corner, I crossed a path and continued downhill through part of Wendover Woods, crossing the drive to the visitor centre at one point.
The drive from Aston Hill Farm
The drive from Aston Hill Farm
The path across the pasture on Aston Hill
The path descending through Wendover Woods
The path descending through Wendover Woods