Pete's Walks- Cadmore End and Idlecombe Wood (page 3 of 4)
After about half a mile, waymarks on a post on the right indicated a path junction, where I turned right onto a path that descended 'steps' down through the wood. On leaving the wood, there were good views left and right along the valley. The path now followed a fence on my left downhill through an empty pasture (there were sheep in the fields either side of this one) to reach Holloway Lane. Across the lane a drive started (one of the Wormsley Estate drives), and a bridleway went half-right through Turville Wood. When I came to a bridleway T-junction I went right, then after a hundred yards or so I took a footpath forking left from the bridleway (the OS map shows these two junctions as a crossroads).
The path descending steps after I turned right in Idlecombe Wood
The path continuing from Idlecombe Wood, descending to Holloway Lane and Turville Wood
View left, from the edge of Idlecombe Wood
View right, from the edge of Idlecombe Wood
The bridleway in Turville Wood
The bridleway in Turville Wood after going right at a bridleway junction (this is just before I forked left onto a path that would take me to Ibstone church)
I'm pretty sure I'd not walked this path since 2013 (it's part of my Chiltern Chain Walk). It continued through more of Turville Wood, crossing a drive at one point. On reaching the edge of the wood, the path continued uphill along the right edge of a steep sheep pasture. In the corner of this field, I went through a gate into an empty pasture, the path continuing a bit further uphill, before turning slightly left and levelling out. I continued with trees on my right, and some nice views ahead and to my left. I spotted a Roe Deer in the field here, but only got a blurry photo (in my haste I left the camera on the wrong setting). The path then turned into the trees (I can't remember if there was a gate or a stile here) and rose a short way uphill. At a path junction I went straight on past Ibstone church, and then turned left along a lane to reach a T-junction on the edge of Ibstone.
The path to Ibstone church, after forking left from the bridleway in Turville Wood
The path to Ibstone church
The path to Ibstone church
The path to Ibstone church
The path to Ibstone church
View from the path to Ibstone church
The path to Ibstone church
Ibstone church
The lane from Ibstone church