Pete's Walks - Little Missenden, Winchmore Hill, Amersham Old Town (page 2 of 4)
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At another T-junction, I went a few yards right and took a path on the opposite side (this was the only path on this route I'd not walked before). It started with hedges either side, then had tall black railings on the right. Through a hedge it continued with a tall hedge on my right, and the wooden fence of a half-mown meadow on my left. Through another gate the path continued across a corn field to reach a path junction on the edge of Priestlands Wood, where I was back in familiar territory. I followed a path through Priestlands Wood and the adjoining Tragoe's Plantation, and then across another corn field. The path then ran between rather overgrown hedges to reach a road in Winchmore Hill. I crossed over and went straight on across a grass area, then continued beside a road with a sports field on the other side.
The path from Penn Street
The path from Penn Street
The path from Penn Street, approaching Priestlands Wood
Priestlands Wood
Tragoes Plantation
The path continuing from Tragoe's Plantation towards Winchmore Hill
Approaching Winchmore Hill
Winchmore Hill
Winchmore Hill
On reaching a road junction I turned left, then after a hundred yards or so, when I reached a chapel on the left, I took a footpath on the right. This soon left the village and continued beside a hedgerow on my right through two fields to reach a narrow bit of wood (partly Coleshill Larches and partly West Wood, according to the OS map). Beyond the woodland the path continued through an overgrown field, passing a small copse on the left and then turning slightly left. I'd seen some Chicory just before the wood and there was a lot more of it here. The path continued between a fence and a hedge (this is often very muddy in places but was fine today) and then followed a gravel drive to reach a street in Coleshill. I crossed over and continued down a short path with the village church on my left (where I saw some Hedgerow Crane's-bill) to reach a second street.
The path leaving Winchmore Hill, from opposite the chapel
The path continuing from Winchmore Hill
The path continuing from Winchmore Hill
The path continuing through Coleshill Larches and West Wood
The path continuing towards Coleshill
The path continuing towards Coleshill
View left towards the Misbourne Valley
The path continuing towards Coleshill
The path continuing towards Coleshill
The path next to Coleshill church
