Pete's Walks - Ashridge and Berkhamsted Common (page 4 of 5)
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Eventually I reached a crossing bridleway (close to Well Farm on my right, and with a road a short distance ahead of me), where I turned left. I soon came to a path crossroads, where I turned left again - a sign indicated this was the way to some World War I practice trenches (the path is shown as a dotted black line on the OS map). After two or three hundred yards the path ended at a junction with a bridleway, where I went half-left. I soon spotted the World War I practice trenches and an information board about them on my left.
The path after I turned left and then left again, heading towards the World War I practice trenches (signposted 'WW1 trenches')
Remains of World War I practice trenches
Remains of World War I practice trenches
I continued along the bridleway, with trees on my right and a more open area of bracken and grass with occasional trees or bushes to my left. After several hundred yards I turned right onto a crossing bridleway, going straight on after a short distance at a second bridleway crossing. I was now back in the woods, as the bridleway made its way towards Frithsden Beeches. I went straight on at another bridleway crossing (this is possibly where Frithsden Beeches begin), and soon reached a corner of a huge meadow surrounded by woods. Here I took a faint path through the magnificent beech trees just to the right of this meadow. When I reached a drive, I continued along the edge of the meadow, soon turning left in another corner.
Further along the bridleway
Further along the bridleway
The bridleway after I turned right
The same bridleway after crossing another bridleway
Further along the bridleway
The bridleway continuing through Frithsden Beeches
The huge meadow near Frithsden beeches
Part of Frithsden Beeches
The path around the huge meadow
The path around the huge meadow