Pete's Walks - Gaddesden Row and Piccotts End (page 4 of 6)
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I crossed over and turned left along a broad grass verge. I soon reached a finger-post indicating where a footpath went right, the path crossing a footbridge over the river Gade and then running between houses to reach the road through Piccotts End. I turned left along this road, following it as far as Dodds Lane where I turned right and immediately took a path running parallel to the lane (just behind a hedge). In a field corner the path went up a few 'steps' and then I had to rejoin the lane as it made its way uphill out of the Gade Valley.
The road, after I turned left
The path from the road going right and crossing the river Gade
The river Gade at Picotts End
The path after I turned right in Piccotts End, running alongside Dodds Lane
Dodds Lane
Dodds Lane
Dodds Lane - I turned left where the hedgerow ends
Near the top of the hillside, where a hedge ended on my left, I turned left down the drive to Wood Farm. There were nice views along the Gade Valley from here. There was a kink in the drive where it went right and then immediately left again at one point, then a bit further on it turned right again, passing a property on the left. When the drive turned left again, I continued straight on along a 'restricted byway', following a hedgerow on my left. After almost half a mile, as I was nearing Lovetts End Farm, I turned left along a bridleway, now following a hedge on my right. I went straight on where another bridleway went right, then when the bridleway ended where it met a crossing bridleway, I turned right and followed this bridleway for about a third of a mile to reach Cupid Green Lane.
View from the drive to Wood Farm
The drive to Wood Farm
View from the drive to Wood Farm
The restricted byway to Lovetts End Farm
The restricted byway to Lovetts End Farm
The restricted byway to Lovetts End Farm
Approaching Lovetts End Farm
The bridleway after I turned left near Lovetts End Farm
The bridleway after I turned right, heading to Cupid Green Lane (where the crossing hedgerow is)