Pete's Walks- Cadmore End and Turville (page 3 of 4)
I turned right and followed the path through the wood, initially with a section that had been cleared and replanted on my left. After a few hundred yards I came to a junction (white arrows on trees and a waymark post) where I took the path forking right - there were a lot more Primroses here. The path ran through a plantation of young trees, then there was a nice section of one or two hundred yards through Beech trees. A waymark sign then showed where the path turned right into an area of coniferous trees, the path continuing through these for a few hundred yards to reach a lane on the edge of Ibstone (this was the lane I'd crossed shortly after leaving Fingest).
The path to Ibstone
This is where I forked right at a path junction in Park Wood
You can see that there were Primroses along this section of path
The path continuing through Park Wood to Ibstone
The path continuing through Park Wood to Ibstone
The path continuing through Park Wood to Ibstone
The path continuing through Park Wood to Ibstone
The lane in Ibstone, where I turned right and passed Ibstone House
I turned right along the lane, passing Ibstone House on my left. I then turned left along a bridleway, running through the park land of the big house, and soon spotted a handful of Fallow Deer. The bridleway was very charming as it descended through the park down into a valley, with lovely views ahead and on either side - this was definitely a highlight of the walk! In the valley bottom (Twigside Bottom, I think) I came to a bridleway T-junction where I turned right, but only for 50 yards or so before turning left onto another bridleway,following a track to Harecramp Cottages (so named on the OS Map).
The start of the bridleway through the park land near Ibstone House
The bridleway through the park land near Ibstone House
View left from the bridleway through the park land near Ibstone House
The bridleway through the park land near Ibstone House
The bridleway through the park land near Ibstone House
The end of the bridleway through the park land near Ibstone House
The bridleway along Twigside Bottom
The bridleway to Harecramp Cottages, after I turned left