Pete's Walks- Chenies, Chipperfield Common, Ley Hill (page 6 of 6)
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Near the top of the slope I came to a path junction where I went right, the new path continuing alongside the wood with a huge corn field sloping down into the Chess Valley on my right. This was a really pleasant part of the route, with nice views over the valley. Eventually I passed Latimer House on my left, then crossed a drive or track, before dropping downhill to reach a road on the edge of Latimer.
The path after I turned right, now following the edge of Tooley's Croft
Further along the path
Further along the path
Latimer House
The path dropping down to the road on the edge of Latimer
Across the road, I took a path going straight on through an irregularly shaped pasture, now down in the valley bottom. Further on the path followed a hedgerow on my left. It then ran for a while between hedges, before emerging in a more open area with the river now close by on my right. The path ended at Mill Farm in Chenies Bottom
The path along the Chess Valley from Latimer to Chenies Bottom
The path along the Chess Valley from Latimer to Chenies Bottom
The path along the Chess Valley from Latimer to Chenies Bottom
The path along the Chess Valley from Latimer to Chenies Bottom
Approaching Chenies Bottom
I turned right along a lane, soon crossing the river. Where the lane split either side of a triangle at a road junction, I took the right fork and crossed the road, then took a footpath on the other side. This immediately forked and I took the left fork that soon rose quite steeply (but only briefly) up through a wood. It then ran between walls, with Chenies church to my left and Chenies Manor on the right. I then turned left along the drive from Chenies Manor to return to the centre of Chenies.
View along the Chess Valley from Chenies Bottom
The path from Chenies Bottom to Chenies
The path from Chenies Bottom to Chenies (this is the steep bit)
The path from Chenies Bottom entering Chenies (between the churchyard on the left and Chenies Manor)
Chenies church
Approaching the green at Chenies
Old pump, Chenies
This was a very warm day for a walk, the temperature being 25-26C in the afternoon but a slight breeze made it bearable (I don't handle hot weather too well, 27C is the maximum I'll usually go walking in). It was a very pleasant walk, with the Chess Valley as charming as ever. Apart from the sections in the Chess Valley, most of the rest of the route I'd not walked since I last did this walk just over two years ago.