Pete's Walks - Chenies and Ley Hill (page 5 of 6)
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I turned left along the lane, and after a couple of hundred yards or so, I turned right onto a path that followed the right edge of a large sheep pasture (there were sheep way over to my left). I then crossed another lane and continued on a path that took me across an arable field to Codmore Wood. I followed the path through the wood (this bit seemed shorter than I remembered) and then continued across a huge arable field (one of the biggest such fields I've walked across in the Chilterns) to reach a lane.
The path after I turned right from the lane
The path heading to Codmore Wood, after I crossed another lane
Codmore Wood
Codmore Wood
The path continuing from Codmore Wood
I turned right to follow the lane towards Latimer. After a quarter of a mile or so, I passed Latimer church on my right, and very soon afterwards I took a path on the left. This went through a meadow (or possibly part of a garden) and then down an alley to reach the centre of Latimer, where I sat on a seat on the triangular green and ate the remainder of my lunch.
The lane to Latimer
The lane to Latimer
View towards Flaunden Bottom from the lane to Latimer
St Mary Magdalene church, Latimer
The path into Latimer, from near the church
Old pump on the green, Latimer
The triangular green in Latimer
I turned right from the far end of the green, and soon came to a gate on the right. Through this, two footpaths went off and I took the leftmost one. This was soon running close to the river Chess, over a fence to my left. Through another gate (with Latimer House up to the right) I crossed a bridge over the river and then followed the footpath across a grassy enclosure to reach the road that runs through the Chess valley.
I took the left path here, after turning right from the road
The same path continuing close to the river Chess
Latimer House (now a hotel)
Looking west along the river chess, from the bridge below Latimer House
The path to the road through the Chess valley