Pete's Walks- Little Missenden, Holmer Green and Mop End (page 3 of 4)
On leaving the wood, the path soon joined a hedgerow on the right, initially through a meadow sloping up to my left. It continued along a farm track, and then followed a line of trees with some horse-jumps beside them. It eventually brought me to the drive to Shardeloes (a large mansion that is now divided into apartments), where I turned right and followed the drive gently downhill to reach Amersham cricket ground.
The path from Mop End
The path from Mop End
The path from Mop End
The path from Mop End
The path from Mop End
The drive from Shardeloes
I turned left into the cricket ground and followed its drive round to the back of the pavilion, then went half-right across grass to a pedestrian gate. A path led on between fences for a hundred yards or so, then I went through a gate into the grounds of Shardeloes. There was now a lake to my right, and soon I could see Shardeloes up on the hill to my left. I spotted some Orange Balsam growing on the edge of the lake. There was either an event or some work going on here, as there was a long row of traffic cones here [UPDATE 15/03/2024: I've since realised the work was to repair (or make safe) a sinkhole that was caused by the tunnelling for the HS2 rail line].
The path crossing the cricket ground
The path continuing from the cricket ground
Weir on the River Misbourne (controlling the outflow from the lake below Shardeloes)
The path continuing through the grounds of Shardeloes
The lake below Shardeloes
The path continuing through the grounds of Shardeloes