Pete's Walks - Maidensgrove Common and Moor Common (page 5 of 6)
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On eventually reaching a gate at the far side of the wood, I turned right along a track between a hedge and the wood on my right. The track continued briefly between Adam's Wood and Mousells Wood, then crossed a large meadow surrounded by woods (though I couldn't see one side of it because of the slope). I spotted a few Pyramidal orchids here, amongst several other flowers, and a Puffball mushroom. The path then dropped slightly downhill through Fingest Wood for about a hundred yards to reach Fieldfare's Stile (named after a nature writer) where I enjoyed the splendid views over the junction of valleys at Fingest.
The path between Moussells Wood and Adam's Wood
The path continuing from Adam's Wood to Fingest Wood
The path through Fingest Wood
Fingest from Fieldfare's Stile
I followed the path as it continued downhill alongside Fingest Wood on my left. Beyond the wood the path levelled out and followed a hedgerow on my left to reach a minor road where I turned left and immediately entered Fingest.
Zoomed-in shot of Fingest from Fieldfare's Stile
The path down to Fingest
The path down to Fingest
The road into Fingest
I went past the Chequers pub on my left and the magnificent Norman church on my right, then took a path on the right. This ran between garden walls and fences for quite a way, before I went left at a path junction and came to a lane. The path continued across the lane, running between fences in an area of bushes for a few hundred yards, then dropping gently downhill across a large meadow as it approached Turville. In the corner of the meadow I turned left (through two gates) to reach the village centre.
Fingest church
The path from Fingest to Turville
The path from Fingest to Turville
The path from Fingest to Turville
The path from Fingest to Turville
Approaching Turville