Pete's Walks- Cholesbury, Kingsash, Chartridge (page 5 of 5)
When I did this walk in November 2023 I turned left on a footpath through Braid Wood (starting by a Scout camp), but the path through the wood hadn't been clear and the continuation from it had been a bit dull, so today I just continued on the bridleway, and soon reached the road through Asheridge. I turned left and followed the quiet road for about a third of a mile until it turned right, where I turned left along the drive to Asheridge Farm for a few yards before taking a footpath on what was now my right. This ran past a garden on the right and continued between a hedgerow and a fence on the right. It crossed a farm track (and bridleway) and continued beside a hedge on the left. It stayed beside the hedge when it turned left and then right (another bridleway was crossed here), but when the hedge turned left again the path continued straight on across part of an enormous field to reach a wood. The path went half-left through the wood, then turned right to follow the edge of the wood to reach a road.
The bridleway to Asheridge, after passing Braid Wood
The road through Asheridge
The road through Asheridge
The path from near Asheridge Farm
The path from near Asheridge Farm
The path from near Asheridge Farm
The path from near Asheridge Farm
The path from near Asheridge Farm
The path from near Asheridge Farm
A few yards to the left, a path continued through a field on the other side (marked out by tractor tracks), gradually dropping downhill to reach the distant far left corner of the field. There I turned right, and followed a path along the valley bottom. After two arable fields to my right, the path continued between fences with paddocks or pastures either side. I then turned left and followed a path gently uphill between fences (and a few bushes on the right) to reach the road through Cholesbury, where I turned right and retraced my steps back to my car.
The path to Buckland Common, after crossing the road
The path after I turned left near Buckland Common
The path up to Cholesbury after I turned left
The road through Cholesbury
I enjoyed the walk, but then it would be hard not to enjoy a walk on such a splendid Spring day! It was a pleasant but fairly uneventful route, and generally very flat - the only real exceptions being a short steep uphill in Bellows Wood, a long descent and then a very steep ascent to Chartridge, and the much gentler downhill and uphill before Asheridge. I think I preferred the alternative section I took today to avoid Braid Wood, even though it involved some road walking.