Pete's Walks- Cadmore End and Idlecombe Wood (page 1 of 4)
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I did this 6.7 mile walk on Monday, 18th March 2024. It was a repeat of a walk I did in May 2023.
I parked along the start of Church Road in Cadmore End, near the school, and started walking about 10.25am. I followed Church Road past the small green on my left, until I reached the village church. I then took a bridleway that went down a farm track starting on the right. Almost immediately I spotted some Lesser Celandine, and after the track turned left I spotted some Primroses.
Cadmore End church
View left, from near the start of the track from Cadmore End to Hanger Wood
The track from Cadmore End to Hanger Wood
The track from Cadmore End to Hanger Wood
View left, immediately before reaching Hanger Wood
On reaching Hanger wood I immediately forked right onto a footpath (the bridleway continues along the edge of the wood), following it southwards through the wood for about half a mile. The path then dropped quite steeply downhill, between a fence and a high hedge on my right. At the bottom of the hill the path continued between fences, going right at a junction (where a path came in from the left) to follow an alley between garden fences to reach Fingest.
The junction at the entrance to Hanger Wood, where I forked right
The path through Hanger Wood
The path through Hanger Wood
The path through Hanger Wood
The path descending from Hanger Wood to Fingest
Approaching Fingest
I turned left, along Chequers Lane, with the impressive church on my right. At a T-junction opposite the Chequers pub, I turned right (still with the churchyard on my right), then when the road turned left I went straight on along a footpath. This ran alongside a garden wall then fences on my left. On reaching a path junction I turned left and soon came to a lane, where I saw my first Wood Anemones of 2024. Across the lane a footpath continued ahead, staying quite level as it crossed the foot of a steep hill sloping up to my right. After emerging from some bushes, the path gently descended across a large meadow to reach the far left corner. On reaching the corner, I turned left to reach the centre of Turville. Here I turned right, to pass the church on my left.
Fingest church
The path path out of Fingest
The path path out of Fingest, after I went left at a junction
The path to Turville, after crossing the lane
The path to Turville
Approaching Turville