Pete's Walks - Coombe Hill and Kingsash (page 5 of 6)
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Lunch over, I turned right along Cobblershill Lane, following it for about a quarter of a mile until footpaths went off on either side. I took the path going left, crossing an all-weather gallop for horses and continuing between a paddock fence and a tall garden hedge on my right. I soon came to another path junction, where I turned right, still with a similar hedge on my right. At the end of this path I went right along a concreted drive to reach Russell Farm, where I immediately went left. I soon came to a gap in the tall hedge on my right, where the footpath went through a gateway and switched to the right of the hedge. The path continued between the hedge and a fence on my right, where I soon had views towards Boddington Hill and Wendover Woods, where I'd been earlier. Over a stile the path continued along the edge of a field and then entered Sermon Wood, where almost immediately I went left at a path junction. This path then rose very gently uphill through the wood for about half a mile.
Cobblershill Lane
Cobblershill Lane
The path after I turned left from Cobblershill Lane
The path after I turned right, towards Russell Farm
The path going north from Russell Farm
The path from Russell Farm about to enter Sermon Wood (Boddington Hill and Wendover Woods in the distance)
The path after I turned left in Sermon Wood
The path through Sermon Wood
The path through Sermon Wood
The path through Sermon Wood
The path through Sermon Wood
On eventually reaching the western end of the wood, the path ran between fences for a short way to reach a bridleway just south of Dunsmore. A few yards to the left I took a path on the other side, which entered Scrub Wood. After two or three hundred yards it ended at a junction where I turned right onto a bridleway, going downhill through the wood. In the valley bottom I turned right again at another junction, following a tall wooden fence on my left to reach the buildings around Dunsmore Old Farm. Here I went left at a green fingerpost, along a track or drive that within three or four hundred yards brought me to Fugsdon Wood.
The path continuing from Sermon Wood to the bridleway south of Dunsmore
View right, towards Wendover Woods
View right from the start of the path on the other side of the Bridleway
The bridleway descending through Scrub Wood
The bridleway descending through Scrub Wood
The bridleway to Dunsmore Old Farm
The bridleway after I turned left at Dunsmore Old Farm