Pete's Walks- Bledlow and Radnage (page 2 of 4)
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On eventually reaching the bottom of the slope, I turned left at a bridleway T-junction. This bridleway, headed for Radnage, ran between hedges that formed a 'green tunnel' with only occasional glimpses of the fields either side. Like most of the paths, this bridleway was muddy today but nowhere near as bad as I'd feared (after such a wet winter). After half a mile or so the bridleway joined the tarmac drive from Daws Farm, and continued along it for a few hundred yards until it ended at a bend in a lane at Town End, one of the several hamlets in the scattered community of Radnage. I went straight on here for about a hundred yards before taking a footpath on the left. This crossed a drive to a stile (the 'step' was missing and I had to go under the bottom bar of the fence) and continued through a long meadow or paddock to reach a lane, with Radnage church on the other side.
The bridleway from Hedgerley Wood to Radnage
The bridleway from Hedgerley Wood to Radnage
The bridleway from Hedgerley Wood to Radnage
The drive from Daws Hill Farm
The lane at Radnage
The path to Radnage church
I walked more or less straight on through the churchyard (the church is most unusual with its central tower) and then took a footpath starting on the far side of the churchyard. This went through a couple of meadows, then when I entered a third meadow the path forked and I took the left fork, going slightly uphill to reach a corner. I followed it uphill through a narrow area of scrub between trees either side. The path then passed through a small part of Yoesden Wood, before continuing between hedges and fences (I saw a Peacock butterfly along here) to reach the road through Bledlow Ridge.
Radnage church (the faint path I took is just out of shot on the right)
The path from Radnage church to Bledlow Ridge
The footpath to Bledlow Ridge
Yoesden nature reserve
The footpath to Bledlow Ridge
The footpath to Bledlow Ridge
View right from the path to Bledlow Ridge
The path to Bledlow Ridge