Pete's Walks- Bledlow and Radnage (page 4 of 4)
If you are considering walking this route yourself, please see my disclaimer. You may also like to see these notes about the maps and GPX files.
When I came to a path junction, I turned left and followed part of the Ridgeway as it ascended Lodge Hill - it was only a short bit of uphill and not too steep. The path continued very pleasantly over the top of Lodge Hill, with occasional fine views to be had in most directions. It then descended the hill in a northwesterly direction, turning north at the foot of the hill as it briefly ran between a hedge and a fence. It then turned left through a metal kissing-gate to cross a large stubble field, where I went straight on at a path crossroads in the middle of the field. The path then crossed a corner of another stubble field to reach Wigan's Lane.
The footpath (part of the Ridgeway) up the eastern end of Lodge Hill
View south, to Slough Hill and Allnutt's Wood
View from Lodge Hill towards Whiteleaf Hill
The path across Lodge Hill
The path across Lodge Hill
The path across Lodge Hill
The path descending Lodge Hill
The path continuing from Lodge Hill, towards Wigan's Lane
Approaching Wigan's Lane
Across the road another path continued alongside a hedgerow. A path came in from the left when I reached the end of the field on the other side of the hedge, but I continued straight on, the path almost immediately going through a gate to switch to the left of what was now a fence-line. I continued along the right edge of a large and empty pasture, soon with a long row of trees on my right. After a while, a path forked right through the trees and then dropped quite steeply downhill for a short distance to reach a small tree belt. Beyond this the path crossed a field and then went over a track. It then ran for several hundred yards beside a fence and a hedge on my right, passing two very large fields on my left. On returning to Bledlow, I simply had to go left a short distance to return to my car (the church was to my right).
The path on the other side of Wigan's Lane
The path on the other side of Wigan's Lane
The footpath to Bledlow, after I turned right
The footpath to Bledlow
The footpath to Bledlow
It was a shame that it was a rather grey day, with only some sunshine in the last half hour or so of the walk. It was also a shame that the paths were so muddy, but that's not surprising considering that March was an exceptionally wet month. Nevertheless, I enjoyed the walk and still think it is one of the better walks of 8-9 miles that I do.