Pete's Walks- Cobblershill and Little Kingshill (page 2 of 5)
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The path then entered another wood and started going gently uphill. I passed a junction where a path went left, then turned right at the next path junction. This path continued uphill through the wood at a reasonable gradient, soon entering Lodge Wood (the previous bit of woodland is not named on the OS map, but is marked as an Open Access area). I kept straight on at two or three path junctions, the path becoming very muddy as the path as it levelled out at the top of the hillside. At the end of the path I reached a metal gate on the edge of the wood, beyond which I turned left along a road into Prestwood.
The path continuing through the next wood
The path after I turned right
Approaching the next path crossroads where I went straight on, now in Lodge Wood
The path continuing through Lodge Wood
The road into Prestwood
After about a quarter of a mile I turned right at a crossroads, into Hangings Lane. Two or three hundred yards down the lane I took a footpath on the left which was initially surfaced and ran between fences with small enclosures or paddocks either side. The path then continued along the left edge of two very attractive meadows, the hedge here being made up of mature trees that cast their shadows over the path. I then continued straight on through Nanfan Wood, the path staying close to the left edge of the wood (another path also went half-right through the wood from where I entered it). On leaving the wood, the path turned right along a drive that led to the hamlet of Stony Green and a minor road.
Hangings Lane
The start of the path from Hangings Lane to Nanfan Wood
The path to Nanfan Wood
The path to Nanfan Wood
The path continuing through Nanfan Wood
The path continuing through Nanfan Wood
The drive to Stony Green
I turned left along the road, following it for about a quarter of a mile until I reached a footpath on the left. This led across a meadow to reach Meadsgarden Wood. The path then continued very steeply uphill through the wood - I remembered this as being one of the steepest paths I've come across in the Chilterns, but it wasn't too long and I got to the top with less effort than I'd expected.
The road near Stony Green
The path to Meadsgarden Wood
Looking right, from the edge of Meadsgarden Wood
The path through Meadsgarden Wood (my camera is lying, it's MUCH, MUCH steeper than this looks!)