Pete's Walks - Coombe Hill and Kingsash (page 6 of 6)
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Just inside the wood, I turned right and followed a path slightly uphill through the trees. After maybe three hundred yards I came to a path T-junction where I went left. I now followed this path through the wood for about half a mile - I went straight on at a path crossroads without noticing it (I knew it was coming up), only realising I'd passed it when I saw daylight through the trees over to my right and knew I was at a spot further on close to a field. At some point the wood became Linton's Wood, though the boundary with Fugsdon Wood is not shown on the OS map.
The start of the path after I turned right just inside Fugsdon Wood
The path after I turned right just inside Fugsdon Wood
The path after I turned left in Fugsdon Wood
Fugsdon Wood
Fugsdon Wood
Fugsdon Wood
Linton's Wood
Linton's Wood
Linton's Wood
Eventually I turned right when the path met a large crossing path, a wooden sign indicating that I was joining another part of the Ridgeway. I followed it through more of Linton's Wood for about a quarter of a mile to reach a road on Lodge Hill. Here I went right, uphill, for about a hundred yards, before turning left at another Ridgeway sign (I could have just gone straight on along the road to reach the Coombe Hill car park). This path ran through another nice beech wood for three or four hundred yards to reach a metal-kissing gate. Here I had to simply turn right to return to the car park, but I first went a few yards left to take a photograph looking out over the Vale of Aylesbury, to make up for the views I'd missed in the morning's fog.
The Ridgeway in Linton's Wood
The Ridgeway in Linton's Wood
The Ridgeway in Linton's Wood
The Ridgeway in Linton's Wood
The road on Lodge Hill
The Ridgeway on Lodge Hill
The Ridgeway on Lodge Hill
View out to the Vale of Aylesbury from the side of Coombe Hill
The path back to the car park on Coombe Hill
Although slightly shorter than most of my walks, this is still very much a favourite of mine. It was a shame about the sudden appearance of the fog, but I still had many fine views later on. There was a lot of woodland walking too, which is always a pleasure when the trees are close to their colourful Autumn best. I was just slightly disappointed that there were so many other people about - I didn't mind the large number of young people in small groups doing their Duke of Edinburgh award, but there were more people than usual in Wendover Woods and along the bit of the Ridgeway I followed back to Coombe Hill (where the car park was very full both when I arrived and left). So I don't think I'll do this walk on a Sunday again.