Pete's Walks - Bradenham and Lodge Hill (page 3 of 5)
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The path then dropped quite steeply down the eastern side of Lodge Hill, with a fine view ahead over the Saunderton valley towards Loosley Row. At the bottom of the slope, the path continued beside a hedgerow on my right for almost half a mile, very gently descending. There was a kink in the path part way along, where the hedgerow turned left and then right. Eventually the path brought me to a minor road.
The path starting to descend from Lodge Hill, with a view ahead across the Saunderton Valley to Loosley Row
The same path continuing from the footof Lodge Hill
The same path where it turns left then right
The same path continuing towards the minor road
Across the road, I continued following the Ridgeway as it went down the drive to Longwood Farm, then carried on along a tree-lined path between paddocks and fields. The path then continued through the Princes Risborough golf course until it reached a railway line. There were pedestrian traffic lights here, new since I was last here, but fortunately I had a green light. The path then soon went through a gate and crossed a meadow (there were signs up about the wild life here), then went through two more gates in quick succession - the section between these to gates was over a railway tunnel, I could see the line in a cutting to my right.
The path after crossing the minor road, going down the drive to Longwood Farm
The path continuing from Longwood Farm
The path continuing from Longwood Farm
The path continuing through a golf course
The path continuing through a golf course
The footpath after crossing a railway line
The footpath where it crosses over a railway tunnel
Beyond the last of these gates, I left the Ridgeway by turning right along a field edge, running parallel to the railway cutting I'd just seen. After a few hundred yards I turned left at a path junction, the path first going to tree at the left end of a hedgerow and then crossing a very flat field to reach the A4010 main road.
The footpath after I turned right, running beside the railway
Where I turned left at a path junction
The path continuing towards the A4010 main road