Pete's Walks- Maidensgrove and Greys Court (page 3 of 5)
The path through the car park was clear, then I passed the booth were visitors were paying to see round Greys Court and continued along a drive, passing the grand house on my right. After passing some outbuildings, a short path left the drive on the right to reach a lane, Rocky Lane. There were lots more cars parked along the lane, far more than I've ever seen here before. I turned right along the lane, this being the start of a section I'd only walked once before. After a few hundred yards a footpath went left, following the right edge of a meadow or pasture to reach a gate leading into a wood. I'm not sure if this section of wood is part of Sam's Wood, but after going through a second gate I was certainly in Sam's Wood (named on the OS map). The path continued through the middle of the wood to reach the far (southern) side, where I turned right.
View from Greys Court
Greys Court
Rocky Lane
Rocky Lane
The start of the path from Rocky Lane to Sam's Wood
The path continuing through the wood, I'm not sure whether this first section is Sam's Wood or not
The path continuing through the wood, I'm not sure whether this first section is Sam's Wood or not
The path continuing through Sam's Wood
The path left the wood and ran between a hedgerow and the fence of a paddock on my right. The path then crossed a paddock or meadow to a gate (it seems to have been re-routed since I did that walk in 205, as then it continued along the left edge of the field before running between fences around the edge of a cottage's garden). then turned left to reach the attractive hamlet of Shepherd's Green.
The path from Sam's Wood to Shepherd's Green
The path from Sam's Wood to Shepherd's Green
Shepherd's Green
I kept to the right edge of the green here for a hundred yards or so (beside a gravel drive most of the way) and followed a short track through bushes in the corner. Within a few yards I came to a path junction, where I turned right. The path headed north, running gently downhill beside a hedge on my right. In the valley bottom it entered Overland's Wood, a mainly beech wood. Beyond the wood the path continued between wooden fences either side and passed a cottage before reaching another section of Rocky Lane, where I turned left.
Near the start of the path going north from Shepherd's Green
The path going north from Shepherd's Green
The path going north from Shepherd's Green
The path going north from Shepherd's Green
Rocky Lane (again)