Pete's Walks- Chenies, Chipperfield Common, Ley Hill (page 2 of 6)
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I walked through the churchyard and then crossed a small meadow or pasture to a metal kissing-gate. I then continued in the same direction across a large empty pasture, where after a while there was a nice view towards the Chess Valley over to my left. The path eventually followed a row of trees on my right to reach a gate in the field corner. Here I went a few yards left along a drive before taking a path on the other side. This ran between fences with a wood on my left, then followed a tall hedgeline on my right through some empty and rather overgrown paddocks to reach Sarratt. I went straight on to reach the minor road through the village, where I turned right.
Sarratt church
The path from Sarratt Church
The path from Sarratt Church
View across the Chess Valley from the path from Sarratt Church
Approaching Sarratt
Approaching Sarratt
Sarratt (looking back after crossing the road)
The road soon turned left, and I then turned left into George V Way. Following the pavement on the left, a path soon appeared ahead leading on between fences and an old hedge on my right and then continuing past playing fields. On reaching a path junction I kept left, soon passing a gate on the right beyond which I could see a field of Christmas trees. The path then dropped downhill past paddocks and a stable to reach a lane. I turned left but then immediately turned right into another lane that led me through Commonwood Common (which, confusingly, appears to be a wood!). On the other side of the wood, I went right at a junction (actually it was more or less straight on). When this road turned right, I went more or less straight on down a drive or track (passing a pub on the left). When this drive turned left, I took a footpath that went straight on, initially between fences with paddocks or enclosures either side, then alongside a tall hedgerow with more paddocks on my left. This path brought me to the wooded Chipperfield Common at Apostles Pond (which seemed sadly overgrown).
The path near the playing fields, Sarratt
Further along the path from Sarratt
Further along the path from Sarratt, approaching the road
The road to Commonwood
The road through Commonwood
The path to Chipperfield Common
The path to Chipperfield Common
The path to Chipperfield Common
Apostles Pond, Chipperfield Common