Pete's Walks - Ashridge, Frithsden, Ward's Hurst Farm (page 2 of 5)
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The permissive path then followed a lengthy hedgerow on my left. There were occasional gaps in the hedge giving views of the Golden Valley as it approached Nettleden. After several hundred yards the permissive path ended when it came to a stile. I went over the stile and turned right along a public footpath, very quickly turning left in a field corner (a clear but unofficial path cuts this corner). I followed the path beside a tall hedgerow to the next corner, adjacent to some stables, where I went through two gates as I turned right onto another path. This path dropped downhill to reach a minor road in Frithsden.
The permissive path continuing from Webb's Copse
The route continuing from Webb's Copse - it continues over a stile in the field corner, turns right (onto a crossing footpath) to the next field corner, then turns left along the tall hedgerow
The footpath continuing from Webb's Copse
View back over Golden Valley
The footpath dropping down to Frithsden
The minor road in Frithsden
I went a few yards right along the road, then took a footpath on the other side that went gently uphill through the trees of Great Frithsden Copse for almost half a mile. The path then continued between garden fences, on either side of a private drive (I'm not sure whether this still in Frithsden or part of Potten End) before emerging on part of Berkhamsted golf course, where I turned right onto a bridleway. This was soon running through trees with the fairways just to my left.
The footpath through Great Frithsden Copse
The footpath through Great Frithsden Copse
The footpath through Great Frithsden Copse
The footpath crossing a private drive (not sure if this is in Frithsden or Potten End)
The bridleway going past Berkhamsted Golf Club
The bridleway going past Berkhamsted Golf Club
I crossed a minor road, then the bridleway went half-right across a fairway and continued through a wide belt of trees with fairways either side. The bridleway continued through the golf course for several hundred yards.
The bridleway going through Berkhamsted Golf Club, after crossing a minor road
The bridleway going through Berkhamsted Golf Club
The bridleway going through Berkhamsted Golf Club