Pete's Walks- North from Hambleden (page 3 of 4)
Eventually the path curved right at its highest point, and descended through what was now Poynatts Wood. It was a nice gentle bit of descent through the trees, with odd glimpses of views over the valley to my left. After a few hundred yards the track turned left, but the footpath continued ahead for a few yards to reach the edge of the wood. The path now went half-right across a meadow, with views ahead towards Cobstone Mill above Turville. Across the meadow, the path continued through another small section of Poynatts Wood to reach Dolesden Lane, where I turned left.
The path descending through Poynatts Wood
Looking left from the path descending through Poynatts Wood)
The path descending through Poynatts Wood
The path descending through Poynatts Wood
The path descending through Poynatts Wood
Approaching the meadow between the two parts of Poynatts Wood (I think)
The meadow between the two parts of Poynatts Wood (I think), looking towards Turville with Cobstone Mill above it
The path through the next smaller bit of wood, still Poynatts Wood I think
When the lane turned right, I took a bridleway that went along a broad track starting on the left. I was now back in the woods again, the bridleway following a valley bottom for about a mile and a quarter through Poynatts Wood, Great Wood, Kimble Wood and Gossetts Wood.
Dolesden Lane (I went left where the lane turns right)
Near the start of the bridleway through the woods
The bridleway through the woods
The bridleway through the woods
The bridleway through the woods
The bridleway through the woods
The bridleway through the woods, probably Gussetts Wood now
Eventually, just as the bridleway reached a gateway at the end of Gussetts Wood, I turned left on a crossing footpath. The path rose a short distance through the wood. I stopped to eat my lunch by a stile on the edge of a wood, then crossed an empty pasture to another stile on the other side. Across this I came to a road junction, where I continued straight on down a lane. After about a third of a mile I reached Upper Woodend Farm, where I turned left and took a bridleway that started along a surfaced farm drive.
The path through Gussetts Wood, after I turned left
The path through Gussetts Wood
The path continuing across a field
The lane heading to Upper Woodend Farm
Upper Woodend Farm