Pete's Walks- Little Missenden and Forty Green (page 2 of 6)
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After almost half a mile, the path passed through a wood, then continued uphill through a grassy field to reach Beamond End Lane. I turned right, following the lane into and through the hamlet of Beamond End. When the lane ended at a T-junction, I turned left (actually more or less straight on) and very quickly reached another junction, this time with the A404 main road. Safely across this, I took a path into Penn Wood. I soon went straight on at a junction where other footpaths went left and half-left (both go to the church at Penn Street). A little further on I stayed on the footpath where another footpath forked slightly right. After almost a mile, the path ended on the far side of the wood at Penn Street.
The path from Holmer Green to Beamond End Lane
The path from Holmer Green to Beamond End Lane
Beamond End Lane
The path through Penn Wood
The path through Penn Wood
The end of the path through Penn Wood
I turned left along the road here, passing the end of the village green on my left, and then kept right at a road junction. Just after passing the last house on the right, I took a footpath on that side which crossed a field and continued through a wood to reach the drive to Penn House. I turned right along the drive, and went right again at a junction of drives after two or three hundred yards. When the drive ended the public footpath continued through some woods (initially Charcoal Grove and then Pennhouse Grove) - I kept left at a path fork soon after entering them. A quarter of a mile through the woods, I reached the far side and a path T-junction, where I turned right to quickly reach a road junction.
The footpath to Penn House
The footpath to Penn House
The footpath to Penn House
The drive to Penn House
The footpath from Penn House
The path continuing through Pennhouse Grove
The path continuing through Pennhouse Grove
The end of the path through Pennhouse Grove
I carefully crossed over and took the road opposite to me. I had to stop a short way along here to put on my waterproof jacket as there was now a brief shower. I had to be careful, this minor road was surprisingly busy for some reason, but I only had to follow it for a few hundred yards before taking a footpath on the left. This crossed a ploughed field to reach Brook Wood, where I followed the path straight on, ignoring a path that forked left.
The path to Brook Wood
The path continuing through Brook Wood (I kept straight on here, where another path forked left)
Brook Wood