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I did this roughly 12-mile walk on Saturday, 17th July 2010. Click here to see a rough map of the walk (but only if you have already read my disclaimer and notes regarding maps). It was largely a repeat of a walk I've done a couple of times before, but in the opposite direction (today I went anti-clockwise).
I started walking about 9.40am, taking a long tarmac farm drive heading east from the centre of Chenies, and then following a footpath down into the Chess Valley at Sarratt Bottom.
The farm drive leading away from the centre of Chenies
The path from Chenies down to the Chess Valley
The path from Chenies down to the Chess Valley
The path across the Chess Valley at Sarratt Bottom (you might just be able to make out the lynchets on the opposite hillside, the remains of ancient agricultural terraces)
Looking southeast along the river Chess at Sarratt Bottom
Looking northwest along the river Chess at Sarratt Bottom
Having crossed the river on a wooden bridge, I turned right along a narrow hedge-lined lane. This section seemed longer than I remembered, but eventually I reached the more open tarmac drive leading to a commercial cress grower. The footpath continued westwards along the valley floor, initially on duckboards, and then continued through meadows to reach Chenies Bottom.
The path through the Chess Valley, approaching the commercial cress beds
The path through the Chess Valley, along the duckboards south of Valley Farm
The path through the Chess Valley
The path through the Chess Valley, approaching Chenies Bottom
Looking back east along the river Chess, from Chenies Bottom
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