Pete's Walks - The Chess Valley Walk

About my walk

I eventually did this walk on Wednesday 20th May 2009. I had been thinking of doing the walk for a couple of years or so, but had dithered over how exactly I would do it. The distance of 10 miles is a bit awkward for me as I prefer to walk about 15 miles - a 10 mile walk is a little short, and if I did it 'both ways' then 20 miles is a bit too long. I did contemplate splitting it into two walks, making use of the two alternative start/end points at Latimer & Chalfont and Chorleywood stations, but this would have meant repeating a short section of the walk.

In the end, having already done a couple of 20 mile walks recently, I plumped for doing the walk 'both ways'. At least I can now say I have done the walk in both directions.

The river Chess, looking east from the footbridge at Sarratt Bottom

Click here to see a rough map of the walk  (but only if you have already read my disclaimer and notes regarding maps).

Note: I have numbered each photograph (in red) and inserted the same number in the text to show where in the walk the photo was taken.