Pete's Walks- Ivinghoe and Aldbury (page 2 of 3)
At the top of Pitstone Hill, the Ridgeway turned half-left and followed part of an ancient earthwork called Grim's Ditch. It soon entered the woods on the slopes of Aldbury Nowers, continuing through the woods for about half a mile. After going down a short flight of steps the Aldbury Nowers nature reserve was visible on my right, and after a second flight of steps I reached a path T-junction (another path went right a few yards before this).
The path along Grim's Ditch on Pitstone Hill, heading to Aldbury Nowers
The path continuing on Aldbury Nowers (I've never been sure if that's the name of the hill or the wood, but I've just googled it again and it's the name of the hill)
The path continuing on Aldbury Nowers
The path continuing on Aldbury Nowers
The path continuing past Aldbury Nowers nature reserve
I sat on a tree stump here to eat my lunch, then turned left (leaving the Ridgeway) for a few yards before going right at another path junction. The path ran through more woodland, then continued slightly downhill for a few hundred yards through a golf course (near Aldbury). On reaching a path crossroads on the far side of the golf course, I turned left along a bridleway. I initially had the golf course on my left, then the bridleway ran through a 'green tunnel' of high hedgerows either side. I was delighted to see my first Wood Anemones of 2023 along here.
The path after I turned left from the Ridgeway and then turned right
The path through the golf course at Aldbury
The path through the golf course at Aldbury
The bridleway next to the golf course, after I turned left
Further along the bridleway
On reaching a lane, where I saw my first Lesser Celandine of the year, I turned left. After a couple of hundred yards I took a footpath on the right - I think I've only walked it once before. This ran along the edge of a field a short way before turning left through a gate and crossing a large empty paddock.
The short lane walk near Aldbury
The path after I turned right from the lane
Where the path turns left
The same path crossing the next field