Pete's Walks- Wigginton and Barn Wood (page 5 of 6)
If you are considering walking this route yourself, please see my disclaimer. You may also like to see these notes about the maps and GPX files.
Across the road a path entered Buckland Wood. The path soon seemed to split in two, I kept right staying close to the edge of the wood. I passed a stile where another path went half-right (and other waymarks confirmed I had made the right choice where the path split). The two paths that had split then ran more or less next to each other for a short while. When the other path went half-left, I seemed to remember that I needed to go the way, and a quick check of the map confirmed this. I soon passed a waymark path at a path crossroads in the wood. confirming I'd gone the right way. The path then continued through another area of wood where there was much holly - it was similar after I passed a junction where I took the right-most of two paths going slightly left (this is NOT how the paths are shown on the OS map, which indicated that I had to turn left for a distance then turn right). I soon moved imperceptibly from Buckland Wood into Drayton Wood, and gradually drew quite close to an edge of the wood on my left.
The footpath through Buckland Wood
The footpath through Buckland Wood
The footpath through Buckland Wood
The footpath through Buckland Wood
The footpath through Buckland Wood, at the crossroads that is a staggered junction on the OS map
The footpath through Drayton Wood
The footpath through Drayton Wood
When I eventually reached another path junction (still close to an edge of the wood on my left), I turned right, still in Drayton Wood. This path soon turned slightly left, and further on I kept left at a footpath fork (which is further on than the OS map would seem to suggest). The path ended on an edge of the wood, where I turned left along a bridleway. Where the arable field on my right ended, I turned right into another part of Drayton Wood.
The footpath through Drayton Wood after I turned right
The footpath through Drayton Wood after I turned right
The footpath through Drayton Wood after I turned right
The bridleway along the edge of Drayton Wood
View from the edge of Drayton Wood