Pete's Walks- Lanes of Little Missenden (page 3 of 7)
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Instead, I turned right to start the second of my three 'circular walks'. Traffic signs immediately indicated that this section of Beamond End Lane was closed to traffic, the 'lane' now just being a thin strip of tarmac between thick hedges either side. This was the only part of today's route that I'd never walked before. The 'lane' was soon rising fairly gently uphill, steepening a bit as it passed through Breaches Wood - here it had worn a deep groove in the hillside, indicating how old it must be. The lane then continued on for an almost flat half-mile between thick hedges, giving very few views.
Where Beamonds End Lane leaves Little Missenden
Beamonds End Lane
Beamonds End Lane
View looking back right from Beamonds End Lane
Beamonds End Lane
Beamonds End Lane
Beamonds End Lane
Beamonds End Lane
Beamonds End Lane
Beamonds End Lane
The 'lane' broadened when it passed some farm buildings on the right, and a short while later became open to traffic again as it passed Beamond End Ranch (at least that's the name on the OS map) - I was now back on familiar territory once more, in fact last week's walk came in on a path on the right here. I continued along the lane through the hamlet of Beamonds End, before turning left into a roughly surfaced side-street (about a hundred yards before the lane ended at a junction with a minor road). At the end of the street a footpath continued between fences, then crossed a field to reach the hedge-lined Toby's Lane where I turned left.
Beamonds End Lane
Beamonds End Lane - I'm standing at the point where it becomes open to traffic by Beamonds End Farm (the path on the right is where I came in on my walk last week)
Beamonds End Lane, now at Beamonds End
The roughly surfaced street at Beamonds End
The path from Beamonds End
The path from Beamonds End, approaching Toby's Lane
I didn't walk this path - this is from where I joined Toby's Lane (turning left), looking straight on towards Mop End (I took a photo looking back the other way, from Mop End, later on)