Pete's Walks- Redland End and Coombe Hill (page 4 of 5)
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Still on the Ridgeway, I followed the path through another wood, again with a field close by on my left to begin with. I continued to follow the signs for the Ridgeway as the path progressed on through Linton's Wood and into Goodmerhill Wood. After about half a mile the Ridgeway came to a T-junction with a track, where it turned right (I could have shortened the walk by turning left at the five-way junction I'd gone straight on at earlier, as this was the path coming in from the left here). The track soon dropped down hill through the wood and then took me to a road junction at Buckmoorend. Here I left the Ridgeway, by turning left along the lane through the hamlet. Immediately after the last house on the right I turned right on a footpath that first followed a hedge on my right then crossed a field to reach a minor road (the one that goes through Hampden Bottom, which I'd crossed earlier near Dirtywood Farm).
The Ridgeway continuing on the other side of the road that goes up Lodge Hill
The Ridgeway in Linton's Wood
The Ridgeway in Goodmerhill Wood
Just after I turned right, the Ridgeway about to drop downhill to Buckmoorend
The permissive path after the bridleway leaves the wood
The lane through Buckmoorend
The path from Buckmoorend to the road, near Chequers
I crossed the road and went down a bridleway that began along a track for a few yards before forking very slightly right. It ran through a tree belt for a few hundred yards, then continued through Pond Wood. I went straight on at a very slightly staggered bridleway crossroads, and a little further on the bridleway came to a metal gate by a road. It turned right along a track for a short way, then went left and was soon running almost next to the road.
Near the start of the bridleway through Pond Wood
The bridleway through Pond Wood
The bridleway through Pond Wood
The bridleway through Pond Wood
The bridleway through Pond Wood, just before it reaches the road
The bridleway beside the road, near Pulpit Wood
The bridleway beside the road, near Pulpit Wood