NOTE: For most of 2009 I was unemployed and looking for a job. So for financial reasons most of my walks were local ones, therefore there is an inevitable overlap in descriptions and photographs.
WARNING: When I originally started writing up these walks, I didn't really intend them to be used as 'route descriptions' for other people to follow. However I am aware that a few people are using them that way - so I should point out that I don't always give enough details in the written descriptions for them to be used that way. Also, unfortunately, I have a dreadful tendency to get 'left' and 'right' confused. So if you want to try any of these walks yourself, I very strongly recommend that you try to follow the route on a map first. The Google Map I provide with each walk may be of some help with navigation. If you do find (or think you find) any mistakes please let me know by email and I will make any corrections as soon as I can (usually I check emails every day).
The distances and times given are usually only very rough estimates!
Date | Route | Area | Distance | Time |
28/12/2009 | Kensworth, Hudnall, Dagnall | Local | 10 miles | 3h 50m |
22/12/09 | Short Kensworth walk (in the snow) | Local | About 2 miles | 1h 20m |
20/12/09 | Kensworth and Whipsnade Downs | Local | About 6 miles | 2h 30m |
18/12/09 | Kensworth, Markyate, Studham, Whipsnade | Local | About 9 miles | 4h 15m |
17/12/09 | Coombe Hill and Great Missenden | Chiltern Hills | 12.3 miles | 4h 35m |
9/12/09 | Cowleaze Wood and Radnage | Chiltern Hills | 12.5 miles | 4h 50m |
15/11/09 | Pitstone Hill and Wigginton | Chiltern Hills | 11.6 miles | 4h 5m |
30/10/09 | Kensworth and Bison Hill | Local | About 4.5 miles | 1h 30m |
26/10/09 | Four Hills Walk again | Chiltern Hills | About 13 miles | 5h 10m |
19/10/09 | Stockgrove, the Brickhills, Woburn Sands | Local | 13.4 miles | 4h 45m |
17/10/09 | Kensworth to Ivinghoe Beacon again | Local | 15 miles | 5h 15m |
14/10/09 | Shorter Ashridge Walk again | Local | 5.5 miles | 2h 15m |
12/10/09 | Blows Downs, Caddington, Markyate | Local | 15.5 miles | 5h 20m |
8/10/09 | Marsworth canal walk, again | Local | 8 miles | 3h 15m |
5/10/09 | Kensworth and Blows Downs | Local | 6.9 miles | 2h 30m |
2/10/09 | Walk 1 of the Chiltern Chain Walk again | Local | 12.3 miles | 4h 40m |
28/09/09 | Grand Union Canal 'figure-of-eight' walk | Hertfordshire | 18.3 miles | 6h |
26/09/09 | Circular walk south from Royston | Hertfordshire | 11.8 miles | 4h 15m |
23/09/09 | Alternative Ashridge Walk again (clockwise) | Local | 15.5 miles | 5h 50m |
21/09/09 | Grand Union Canal circular walk, Hemel Hempstead-Berkhamsted | Chiltern Hills | 12 miles | 3h 55m |
17/09/09 |
Day 4 of the
Stevenage Outer Orbital Path (STOOP) Langley End to Gravely |
Hertfordshire | 13.8 miles (6.9 miles each way) | 4h 45m |
14/09/09 | Harpenden circular walk, clockwise | Chiltern Hills | 13 miles | 4h 25m |
12/09/09 | Ashridge Estate Boundary Trail (anti-clockwise) | Local | 16 miles | 5h 35m |
9/09/09 |
Day 3 of the
Stevenage Outer Orbital Path (STOOP) Mardley Heath to Langley End |
Hertfordshire | 14 miles (7 miles each way) | 4h 50m |
7/09/09 | Kensworth and Briden's Camp, by an alternative route | Local | 17 miles | 5h 50m |
5/09/09 | Markyate, Caddington, Blows Downs | Local | About 14.9 miles | 5h 20m |
3/09/09 | Pitstone Hill, Dagnall, Ashridge | Local | About 12.8 miles | 4h 30m |
31/08/09 | Kensworth to Redbourn and back | Local | About 15 miles | 5h 20m |
29/08/09 | Slightly shortened Kensworth-Ivinghoe circular walk | Local | About 15.5 miles | 5h 35m |
27/08/09 |
Day 2 of the
Stevenage Outer Orbital Path (STOOP) Walkern to Mardley Heath |
Hertfordshire | About 13.4 miles (6.7 miles each way) | 4h 30m |
22/08/09 | Stockgrove, Woburn Sands, The Brickhills | Beds/Bucks | About 13.4 miles | 5h 10m |
19/08/09 |
Day 1 of the
Stevenage Outer Orbital Path (STOOP) Gravely to Walkern Thanks to Roger Turner for suggesting this long-distance path to me! |
Hertfordshire | About 13 miles (6.5 miles each way) | 4h 30m |
17/08/09 | Kensworth, Great Gaddesden, Dagnall | Local | About 14.2 miles | 4h 50m |
13/08/09 | Caddington figure-of-eight walk | Local | About 11.8 miles | 4h 40m |
10/08/09 | Kensworth and everywhere (yet again!) | Local | About 15 miles | 5h 30m |
9/08/09 | One-hour walk at Kensworth | Local | About 3 miles | 1h |
3/08/09 | Whipsnade Heath and Studham Church | Local | About 6 miles | 2h 10m |
2/08/09 |
Thursley Common (This wasn't really a walk, but a look round the common for wildlife with some fellow members of the WildAboutBritain web site) |
Surrey | Maybe 3 miles | 8h |
30/07/09 | Circular walk round Harpenden | Chiltern Hills | About 13 miles | 4h 20m |
25/07/09 | Grand Union Canal Circular Walk, Berkhamsted-Tring | Chiltern Hills | About 19.6 miles (9.8 miles each way, though 0.5 miles was off the proper route) | 6h 30m |
22/07/09 | Aylesbury Arm of the Grand Union Canal | Buckinghamshire | About 13 miles (6.5 miles each way) | 4h |
20/07/09 | Studham Common and Redbourn, clockwise | Chiltern Hills | About 17 miles | 5h 45m |
9/07/09 | Four Hills Walk | Chiltern Hills | About 13 miles | 5h 15m |
4/07/09 | Buckland Common and The Lee | Chiltern Hills | About 11 miles | 3h 45m |
29/06/09 | Pitstone Hill and Wigginton | Chiltern Hills | About 11.5 miles | 4h 10m |
24/06/09 | Lilley to Barton circular walk (anti-clockwise) | Chiltern Hills | About 14.5 miles | 5h 15m |
22/06/09 | Kensworth to Briden's Camp circular walk | Local | About 16 miles | 5h 35m |
18/06/09 |
Day 2 of
The Beeches Way Stoke Common to West Drayton |
Buckinghamshire | About 18 miles (9 miles each way) | 6h |
16/06/09 | Kensworth Quarry path | Local | About 5 miles | 2h 20m |
12/06/09 |
Day 1 of
The Beeches Way Cookham to Stoke Common |
Buckinghamshire | About 16 miles (8 miles each way) | 5h 25m |
8/6/09 | Wendover Arm of the Grand Union Canal | Local | About 14.5 miles (7.25 miles each way) | 4h 45m |
4/6/09 | Kensworth to Ivinghoe again | Local | About 17.5 miles | 6h 5m |
1/06/09 | Kensworth and everywhere again | Local | About 15 miles | 5h 30m |
31/05/09 | Pitstone Hill, Ashridge and Ivinghoe Beacon | Local | About 8 miles | 2h 50m |
30/05/09 | Kensworth, the Downs, Studham Church | Local | About 8 miles | 2h 40m |
28/05/09 |
The Lynch (Kensworth) to Redbourn I did this walk along the first part of the Ver valley as a sort of 'addendum' to the Ver-Colne Valley Walk, which I had just completed |
Local | About 14.8 miles (7.4 miles each way, 6 miles each way along the Ver valley) | 5h 20m |
25/05/09 |
Day 2 of the
Ver-Colne Valley Walk,
Colney Street to Watford (this walk is also in the 'Long-distance Paths' section) |
Hertfordshire | About 11 miles (5.5 each way) | 3h 40m |
23/05/09 |
Day 1 of the
Ver-Colne Valley Walk, Redbourn to Colney Street (this walk is also in the 'Long-distance Paths' section) |
Hertfordshire | About 18 miles (9 miles each way) | 6h 15m |
20/05/09 |
Chess Valley Walk (this walk is also in the 'Long-distance Paths' section) |
Chiltern Hills | About 20 miles (10 miles each way) | 7h 30m |
11/5/09 | Watlington Hill, Cookley Green and Pishill | Chiltern Hills | About 13 miles | 5h 15m |
2/5/09 | Kensworth to Briden's Camp circular walk | Local | 16.2 miles | 5h 50m |
1/05/09 | Bluebells at Ashridge | Local | About 6 miles | 2h 30m |
29/04/09 | Kensworth to Totternhoe and back | Local | About 13 miles | 5h |
26/04/09 | Whipsnade Downs and Holywell | Local | 6 miles | 2h |
24/04/09 | Marsworth canal walk | Local | 8 miles | 4h |
22/04/09 | 40-minute Kensworth walk | Local | 2 miles | 40m |
20/04/09 | Lilley- Barton walk | Chiltern Hills | 14.5 miles | 5h 15m |
15/04/09 | Ashridge figure-of-eight walk | Local | About 15 miles | 6h 10m |
13/04/09 | Kensworth to Little Gaddesden and back | Local | About 14.5 miles | 5h 5m |
7/04/09 | Kensworth to Toddington and back | Local | 20.2 miles | 6h 45m |
5/04/09 | Kensworth, Roe End, Studham Common | Local | About 8 miles | 3h |
2/04/09 | Woburn to Ampthill and back | Bedfordshire | About 20 miles | 6h 20m |
27/03/09 | Wendover Woods and Wigginton | Chiltern Hills | 12.5 miles | About 4h 30m |
20/03/09 | Hambleden and Turville | Chiltern Hills | About 11 miles | About 4h 15m |
18/03/09 | Coombe Hill and the Hampdens | Chiltern Hills | About 14.5 miles | About 5h 15m |
16/03/09 | A walk in the Chess Valley Walk | Chiltern Hills | About 12 miles | About 4h 30m |
15/03/09 | Kensworth to Whipsnade Downs | Local | About 6 miles | About 2 hours |
13/03/09 | Kensworth to Pitstone Hill and back | Local | 17.75 miles | About 6 hours |
11/03/09 | Kensworth, Studham church, Whipsnade | Local | About 6 miles | About 2 hours |
6/03/09 | Studham Common and Redbourn | Local | 17 miles | About 6 hours |
4/03/09 | Kensworth and Whipsnade Downs | Local | About 6 miles | About 2 hours |
2/03/09 | Cowleaze Wood and Turville Heath | Chiltern Hills | About 11 miles | About 4h 30m |
28/02/09 | Studham Common and Markyate | Local | About 5 miles | About 2 hours |
27/02/09 | Kensworth, Studham, Whipsnade | Local | About 7 miles | About 2h 15m |
26/02/09 | Short Ashridge Walk | Local | About 5.5 miles | About 2 hours |
11/02/09 | Kensworth-Redbourn in the snow | Local | About 15 miles | About 5h 45m |
7/02/09 | Whipsnade Downs in the snow | Local | About 5 miles | About 2 hours |
3/02/09 | Kensworth and everywhere in the snow | Local | About 15 miles | About 6 hours |