Pete's Walks- Southeast from Watlington Hill (page 2 of 3)
Where the tree-lined bridleway turned slightly left, I took a path going straight on, descending across a small area of scrub and then down across a field to reach some trees and then another of the drives through the Wormsley estate. A path continued on the other side of the drive, rising up across another grassy field to reach more trees running alongside Holloway Lane. A bridleway started on the other side of the lane, soon running between hedges either side, then turning right just inside Idlecombe Wood. After a couple of hundred yards or so the bridleway turned left and rose quite steeply through the wood to reach Turville Heath.
The path heading downhill towards another drive on the Wormsley estate - Holloway Lane is in the trees beyond the second green field
The path across the drive, heading up to Holloway Lane
Start of the bridleway on the other side of Holloway Lane
The bridleway running along the bottom of part of Idlecombe Wood
The bridleway going uphill to Turville Heath
I continued across the heath on a bridleway to reach a lane, where I turned right. This soon ended at a junction, where I took the footpath opposite. This led down the drive of a house called Savior's and through a gate, continuing near the edge of an area of long grass with the house over to my right. Through a gate I continued through a pasture, where as usual I saw a few Jacobs Sheep. The path then crossed a corner of a large pasture (sloping out of view on my right). Through a kissing-gate I turned right along a track between a fence and a hedgeline on my right. Soon there was a nice view to my left, along the Stonor valley. It was now about 1pm and I stopped on a seat here for lunch.
The bridleway through Turville Heath
The path past the house called Saviors (to the right)
The same path continuing through the next field (as usual there were Jacobs sheep here)
The path continuing southwest
Nice view south, down the Stonor valley
Lunch over, I continued along the path which now descended into a valley (there were several Red Kites flying nearby, and at least one Buzzard). I could have turned right in the valley and followed the long bridleway past Turville Park Farm back to Christmas Common, but my route today continued ahead up a short rise beside a hedge on a bank to reach Hollandridge Lane. A path continued on the other side, dropping down into another valley. At the bottom I turned right by some houses in Pishill, and followed a long path along the valley bottom to reach College Wood.
The path continuing from my lunch spot - it climbs the next slight rise along the embankment, to reach Hollandridge Lane
The path heading up to Hollandridge Lane
The path continuing downhill from Hollandridge Lane
The path from Pishill to College Wood
The path soon bore slightly right in the wood and started to gradually rise uphill. It levelled out for a bit before rising again as it turned right again. It finally levelled out again, and stayed close to an edge of the wood on my right. After a few hundred yards I reached a path junction by a stile that led out of the wood.
Approaching College Wood
The path in College Wood, starting to go uphill
The path in College Wood
The path in College Wood