Pete's Walks - Coombe Hill and Kingsash (page 4 of 6)
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On the far side of the ploughed field, I turned right behind the hedgerow and followed a bridleway along the edge of another field to reach Great Widmoor Wood. The bridleway continued on through the wood, and in about a third of a mile brought me to a road, where I turned right to head to Kingsash - this is where I got talking to another group of Duke of Edinburgh Award youngsters, so I forgot to take a photo of Kingsash.
The bridleway after I turned right, heading to Great Widmoor Wood
Great Widmoor Wood
Great Widmoor Wood
Great Widmoor Wood
Great Widmoor Wood
At a lane junction in Kingsash. I took a footpath starting just a few yards down the lane coming in on the left. This descended downhill across a large stubble field - the path wasn't visible, I just had to aim for a protruding hedge corner. On getting there, I went over a stile and continued on, beside a hedgerow on my right. I was disappointed not see any Field Pansies, which I usually see along here, but I did see some White Campion, which I remembered seeing here last December. The path and hedgerow turned right after a few hundred yards, and in the next field corner I turned left along a somwhat overgrown hedge-lined track which brought me to a lane in Wendover Dean. I turned right, this lane soon turning left, then I turned right at a lane junction by Wendoverdean Farm to reach the A413 after about another quarter of a mile.
The start of the path from Kingsash to Wendover Dean (I just headed straight for the hedge corner in the bottom right of this shot)
The path to Wendover Dean
The path to Wendover Dean
The path to Wendover Dean
The lane after I turned right at the end of the path
The lane after I turned right at a lane junction in Wendover Dean
I crossed over the road, and took a footpath starting a few yards to the left. This crossed the the grounds of Mayortorne Manor, going through a paddock and then across some park land with the big house to my right. Through a gate in the right corner I went straight on along a track, crossing a railway bridge - again I got chatting to another group of youngsters on their Duke of Edinburgh expedition (and again forgot to take any photos). On reaching Cockshoots Wood I took a path forking right through the wood (not for the first time I was initially confused by an apparent path along the very edge of the wood, starting at the same point). When this path came to a path T-junction, I turned right and followed it downhill to the former picnic area and car park next to Cobblershill Lane - the car park is sadly closed (there were two cars that just managed to fit in across the chained off entrance) but the picnic tables are still here and I made use of one to sit and eat my packed lunch (it was about 1.45pm now).
The path crossing the grounds of Mayortorne Manor
The path through Cocksfoot Wood
The path after I turned right in Cocksfoot Wood, dropping down to the picnic area/p>