Pete's Walks - Ashridge Estate Boundary Trail - South (page 3 of 5)
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I crossed a minor road (the last section before this was very muddy, but fortunately no much more than it usually is), then the bridleway went half-right across a fairway and continued through a wide belt of trees with fairways either side. The bridleway continued through the golf course for several hundred yards. This was very muddy and I was constantly looking for the least muddy option. Beyond the golf course the bridleway continued straight on through woodland. After a while it ran for several hundred yards along a broad strip of grass with trees either side. Just after this ended, I passed close to Brickkiln Cottage (to my left) and almost immediately after this there was a huge meadow close by on my right (it is completely surrounded by trees and has a copse in its middle).
The bridleway going through Berkhamsted Golf Club, after crossing a minor road
The bridleway going past Berkhamsted Golf Club
The bridleway going past Berkhamsted Golf Club
The bridleway continuing towards Brickkiln Cottage
The bridleway continuing towards Brickkiln Cottage
The bridleway continuing between Brickkiln Cottage and Coldharbour Farm
The bridleway continuing between Brickkiln Cottage and Coldharbour Farm
The bridleway continuing between Brickkiln Cottage and Coldharbour Farm
The bridleway continuing between Brickkiln Cottage and Coldharbour Farm
Eventually the huge meadow on my right ended, and soon after the bridleway reached a bend in a drive, with Coldharbour Farm on my left. I turned left and followed a footpath past the farm (I had to clamber over a gate here), which curved left in a meadow, passing a pond on my left, to reach the diagonally opposite corner. Through a metal kissing-gate, the path continued for several hundred yards alongside a hedge on my left, with a huge field on my right. When I eventually reached the far end of this field, the path continued down a track going left. The track soon turned right, then when it turned left I took a footpath going straight on. This ran between a wooden fence on my left and a hedgerow. The path then went slightly left across a large area of short grass (I thin it's possibly a polo ground) to reach Northchurch Farm.
Coldharbour Farm
The path from Coldharbour Farm
The path from Coldharbour Farm
The path from Coldharbour Farm
The path from Coldharbour Farm
The path from Coldharbour Farm
The path from Coldharbour Farm, approaching Northchurch Farm