Pete's Walks- Maidensgrove and Greys Court (page 4 of 5)
I followed the lane for 5-600 yards until it turned left, when I took a bridleway going right (northeast) along a drive. Within a few yards I took another bridleway on the left (starting through a gap in a metal fence), which ran northwards just inside the edge of a large wood called Holly Grove. This first part of the wood was dense with Rhododendrons (and there were more later on, though a large area was cleared of them in recent years). The bridleway gradually curved left, to the north and then to the northwest. I passed a small pond to the left of the bridleway, which then soon left Holly Grove and quickly reached some properties at Lower Highmoor.
Rocky Lane (again)
Rocky Lane
The bridleway through Holly Grove
The bridleway through Holly Grove
The bridleway through Holly Grove
The bridleway through Holly Grove
The bridleway after leaving Holly Grove, approaching Lower Highmoor
I turned right here at a track crossroads, following the surfaced drive towards a large house called Merrimoles, which I passed on my right. Just beyond the house I turned right (I usually go straight on along a path through Highmoor Common Wood). The drive was now going east or just north of east, before turning left (northwards). At a track junction I turned left and followed the track as it headed into Lowercommon Wood.
The drive to Merrimoles
The drive continuing from Merrimoles, going east or northeast
The drive continuing from Merrimoles, going east or northeast
The drive continuing from Merrimoles, going east or northeast
The public byway heading into Lowercommon Wood
After a few hundred yards I came to a path junction (there was a post with waymarks), where I turned right onto a bridleway and so joined my usual route through these woods. After a little while the bridleway turned left for a short distance before turning right. A short distance further on it turned left again, and ended when it reached the A430 just southeast of Nettlebed.
Start of the bridleway going north through Lowercommon Wood
The bridleway going north through Lowercommon Wood
The bridleway going north through Lowercommon Wood, after it turns left and then right
The bridleway going north through Lowercommon Wood, after it turns left again