Pete's Walks - Walks Diary 2016

These are in reverse chronological order, with the most recent walk at the top .'Local' means the walk is within a few miles of my home in Kensworth, and so most of these could also come under the heading 'Chiltern Hills'.

The distances and times given are usually only very rough estimates!

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).

Date Route Area Length Time
27/12/16 Christmas Common, Turville, Cadmore End (repeat of a walk I last did in October 2011) Chiltern Hills About 14 miles 5h 50m
17/12/16 Maidensgrove Common and Henley Chiltern Hills About 14 miles 5h 10m
3/12/16 Sonning Common and Mapledurham (variation on a walk I did in October 2015, with 3-4 miles on paths I'd not walked before) Chiltern Hills About 12.4 miles 4h 30m
26/11/16 Wigginton and Barn Wood (again - repeat of a walk I did in 2011) Chiltern Hills About 12.7 miles 4h 45m
19/11/16 West Wycombe, Lacey Green, Bledlow Ridge Chiltern Hills About 14.8 miles 5h 35m
5/11/16 Circular walk from Ewelme (again) Chiltern Hills About 15.3 miles 5h 10m
29/10/16 Maidensgrove Common, Ibstone, Middle Assendon (again) Chiltern Hills About 15 miles 5h 55m
26/10 16 Cholesbury, Chesham, The Lee (again, repeat of a walk I did in February 2011 Chiltern Hills About 13.8 miles 4h 55m
22/10/16 Cowleaze Wood, Ibstone, Chinnor (anti-clockwise) Chiltern Hills About 16.5 miles 5h 55m
8/10/16 Little Missenden and Forty Green (anti-clockwise) Chiltern Hills About 15 miles 5h 30m
2/10/16 Chenies, Ley Hill, Chipperfield Common (again) Chiltern Hills About 13.3 miles 4h 30m
25/09/16 Cowleaze Wood, Christmas Common, Studdridge Farm (anti-clockwise) Chiltern Hills About 9.4 miles 3h 25m
18/09/16 Coombe Hill and Kingsash (clockwise) Chiltern Hills About 11.2 miles 4h 10m
11/09/16 Great Kimble and Bacombe Hill Chiltern Hills About 9.9 miles 3h 45m
4/09/16 Pitstone Hill, Cow Roast, Aldbury (a merger of two other short walks in the Aldbury area, with just a couple of new paths) Chiltern Hills About 8.9 miles 3h 5m
21/08/16 Southeast from Cadmore End Chiltern Hills About 13.8 miles 5h 15m
12/08/16 Watlington Hill, Nuffield, Russell's Water Chiltern Hills About 16.2 miles 6h 5m
5/08/16 Hambleden, Stonor, Fawley Chiltern Hills About 13.9 miles 5h 35m (I took about 220 photos)
29/07/16 Cadmore End, Crowell Hill, Radnage (slight variation on a walk I did in October 2011) Chiltern Hills About 15 miles 5h 30m
24/07/16 Bison Hill and Totternhoe (a repeat of a walk I did in July 2015, but in the opposite direction) Local About 7.3 miles 2h 50m
23/07/16 Wigginton and Drayton Wood (again) Chiltern Hills About 6 miles 2h 15m
15/07/16 Lilley and Barton-le-Clay (again) Chiltern Hills About 14.5 miles 5h 10m
9/07/16 Stockgrove, the Brickhills, Woburn Sands (again) Beds/Bucks About 13 miles 5h 45m (I got lost a lot!)
2/07/16 Alternative Ashridge Walk (again) Chiltern Hills About 15.5 miles 5h 50m
18/06/16 Marsworth, Tring Station, Halton Chiltern Hills About 14 miles 4h 50m
9/06/16 Four Hills Walk (again) Chiltern Hills About 12.9 miles 5h 40m
7/06/16 Maidensgrove Common and College Wood (slight variation on a walk I did last June, with a visit to Warburg nature reserve) Chiltern Hills About 8.3 miles 3h 15m
29/05/16 Goring, Hartslock, Cray's Pond Chiltern Hills About 8.3 miles 2h 50m
22/05/16 Cobblershill and Little Kingshill (Walk 11 of my Chiltern Chain Walk done in the opposite direction, anti-clockwise, again) Chiltern Hills About 12.5 miles 4h 30m
15/05/16 Cholesbury, Great Hivings, Chartridge End Chiltern Hills About 8.7 miles 3h 10m
8/05/16 Maidensgrove, Ibstone, Middle Assendon (improved route) Chiltern Hills About 15 miles 6h
1/05/16 Circular walk from Amersham Old Town Chiltern Hills About 12.8 miles 4h 25m
23/04/16 Stoke Row, Woodhouse Farm, Checkendon Chiltern hills About 14.3 miles 5h 15m
17/04/16 Watlington Hill, Russell's Water, Swyncombe (a repeat of a walk I did in March 2010, but in the opposite direction) Chiltern hills About 14.8 miles 5h 15m
2/04/16 Ashridge Estate Boundary Trail (again) Local About 16 miles 6h
25/03/16 Gaddesden Row and Briden's Camp (variation on a walk I did in September 2015) Local About 9.5 miles 3h 10m
19/03/16 Maidensgrove, Ibstone, Middle Assendon Chiltern Hills About 14.2 miles 5h 30m
13/03/16 Maidensgrove and Rotherfield Peppard (anti-clockwise) Chiltern Hills About 14 miles 5h 10m
27/02/16 Cowleaze Wood, Chinnor, Ibstone Chiltern Hills About 16.5 miles 6h 15m
14/02/16 Cholesbury, Ashley Green, Wigginton (a slight variation of the Buckland Common and Ashley Green walk I did in May 2010) Chiltern Hills About 12.7 miles 4h 35m
7/02/16 Marsworth Canal Walk (clockwise, again) Chiltern Hills About 8 miles 3h 5m
30/01/16 Watlington Hill and Russell's Water (repeat of a walk I did in April 2012) Chiltern Hills About 15.3 miles 5h 40m
23/01/16 Ibstone, Wheeler End and Skirmett (clockwise) Chiltern Hills About 13.4 miles 5h 25m
17/01/16 Kensworth and Dunstable Downs (after a light snowfall) Local About 5.9 miles 2h 15m
10/01/16 Redland End and Coombe Hill Chiltern Hills About 10.8 miles 4h 10m
1/01/16 Amersham Old Town and Knotty Green Chiltern Hills About 10.2 miles (this route can easily be cut to 8.1 miles) 4h 5m