Pete's Walks - Pitstone Hill, Ashridge, Dagnall (page 2 of 6)
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The bridleway eventually merged with another one, coming down from the Bridgewater Monument up to my left. I went more or less straight on here, keeping left at a bridleway fork after about a hundred yards (the other bridleway goes down to Aldbury). The well-surfaced bridleway ran level through more of the Ashridge woods for several hundred yards, then at a path junction I turned left, immediately passing a cottage on my left, and followed another bridleway through the woods for about half a mile, until it reached a road (the one between Ringshall and Northchurch).
The bridleway going down to Aldbury (it soon forks right, I carried straight on)
The bridleway continuing through Ashridge
The bridleway continuing through Ashridge
The bridleway after I turned left, heading towards the Ringshall-Northchurch road
The bridleway after I turned left, heading towards the Ringshall-Northchurch road
The bridleway after I turned left, heading towards the Ringshall-Northchurch road
Across the road and through a small car park, a bridleway continued along an avenue of beech trees. After a few hundred yards there was a large pasture (entirely surrounded by woods) on my left. I stayed close to the fence of this pasture until I reached its corner, where I turned left along another side of the pasture (a footpath cuts through part of the pasture here). I followed the path through the trees with the pasture close by on my left, then near a corner of that field the path went slightly right, now with the woods on either side. On reaching a path crossroads where a track crossed my path, I turned right and followed the track to where it met a drive near Ashridge House. I went slightly left along the drive, passing the grand house over to my right.
The bridleway continuing on the other side of the road
The bridleway continuing on the other side of the road
The bridleway continuing on the other side of the road
The bridleway continuing on the other side of the road
The start of the path after I turned left
The path after I turned left
The path after I turned left
The path after I turned right
The drive passing Ashridge House
Ashridge House