Pete's Walks- Hambleden, Medmenham and Homefield Wood (page 4 of 4)
After a few hundred yards I came to a path junction (waymark post on the right) where I turned left and started to climb up through the wood. The path ran at an angle to the slope, so the gradient wasn't too steep. I saw a Treecreeper here, the first I've seen for several years - it was constantly on the move, so I couldn't get a photo. The path levelled off as it left the wood and eventually ran along a drive to reach a lane. I turned right and followed the lane for about a third of a mile.
The start of the path climbing up through Homefield Wood
The path climbing up through Homefield Wood
The path continuing from Homefield Wood
The lane walk, after I turned right at the end of the path
The lane walk
The lane walk (I turned left roughly where the lane goes out of view)
I then turned left onto a footpath that crossed two arable fields (I remember the first one being a pasture at one time) to reach the tiny hamlet of Rotten Row. I went straight on along the lane ahead of me here, then took a footpath on the right (where the lane turned half-left). The clear path continued through more arable fields to reach a wood. The path started to descend as it passed through the wood - as usual white arrows on trees or yellow waymarks showed the way. On leaving the wood, the path continued downhill beside a ploughed field on my left. At the bottom I turned right along a track on the edge of Hambleden, and retraced my steps back to where I'd parked.
The footpath after I turned right from the lane, heading to Rotten Row
The same path approaching Rotten Row
The lane at Rotten Row
The start of the path after I turned right from the lane
Further along the same path
The path approaching a wood
The path continuing through the wood
View towards the Thames Valley as the path exits from the wood
The path descending towards Hambleden
The path descending towards Hambleden
This was a good walk, and it was nice to try a few paths I'd never walked before. The paths between Hambleden and Medmenham were nice, as they had good views around where the Hambleden valley meets the Thames valley. The other new path, through Pullingshill Wood was notable for the First World War training trenches, which I'd like to go back and explore more fully sometime.