Pete's Walks - Nuffield and Hailey (page 3 of 4)
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The byway now more or less levelled out as it continued through Bixmoor Wood. When I came to a fork in the wood I remembered I needed to go left, but there was a waymark on a post anyway. Further on the byway continued just inside Little Common (which seems to be another wood), and then ran between hedgerows again. I then passed some buildings and residences at Homer Farm, where the byway gave way to another section of lane. After another half mile or so, the lane ended at a a T-junction.
The restricted byway, now in Bixmoor Wood
The restricted byway in Bixmoor Wood
The restricted byway in Little Common
The restricted byway
Near Homer Farm, where the restricted byway becomes a lane
The lane that is the continuation of the restricted byway
View right from the lane
The lane that is the continuation of the restricted byway
I crossed the road and took a public footpath just to the left (this was a new path for me, previously I've always taken the bridleway starting just to the right that goes to Stoke Row). The path went a short distance through a wood, crossing a drive just before exiting the wood at a stile. The path then followed a hedge on my right in a rough pasture for a few yards, but when the hedge turned right the path went half-right across the pasture. Across a lane, the path continued in the same direction across another pasture (that had recently had cows in it), where I spotted some very withered Chicory. Over another stile, the path went half-right beside a garden hedge on my left and a tennis court. The path then turned left along a drive for a few yards, then went over a cattle grid and continued between hedges and fences for several hundred yards, with pleasant views either side. I then went over another stile, and followed a muddy track to reach English Farm.
The start of the path to English Farm
The path to English Farm
The path to English Farm
The path to English Farm
The path to English Farm, after crossing a lane
The path to English Farm
The path to English Farm
View right from the path to English Farm
The path to English Farm