Pete's Walks - Maidensgrove, Nuffield, Shepherd's Green (page 5 of 6)
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I went right a short way along the lane, then took a footpath on the left. This soon joined a surfaced drive that took me past Greys Court (a National Trust property) on my left. After passing the ticket office, I turned left through the car park and continued along a path beside a fence and then a wood on my left (it went through a gate in the fence at one point). The path brought me to a drive, which I crossed and then the path went left through a meadow to reach Famous Copse - there'd been spots of rain since I left Shepherd's Green and there was a heavy shower at this point. I turned left just inside the wood, then at a junction turned left for a few yards, before turning right and continuing just inside the edge of Famous Copse, now heading slightly west of north.
View from Greys Court
The drive past Greys Court
Greys Court
The path from the Greys Court car park
The path from the Greys Court car park
The path from the Greys Court car park
The path to Famous Copse after I crossed the drive (there was a heavy shower at this point!)
The path after I turned left inside Famous Copse
The path going north just inside Famous Copse
The path going north just inside Famous Copse
I left the wood at a corner, going straight on along a track for a few yards, then taking a path on the left - I could hear shooting going on in the woods ahead of me here. There was another heavy shower here too. The path followed a fence and then hedge on my right, then went over a stile into the woods and passed a small reservoir on my right. It then turned left and followed a broad strip of grass slightly downhill. At the bottom of the slope I turned right along a similar broad grassy break in the woods. After a while the path turned half-right and headed up through the wood. It passed a farm on my right, crossed a track or drive, and continued through what was now Hatch Copse. On reaching what looked like a lane but was actually a byway, I turned right to reach the A4130 again at Bix.
The path after I turned left
The path continuing into Earl's Wood
The path after I turned right in Earl's Wood
The path after I turned right in Earl's Wood
The path continuing through Hatch Copse
The byway into Bix