Pete's Walks - Maidensgrove Common and Moor Common (page 2 of 6)
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I now followed the bridleway for over a mile as it snaked its way along a valley bottom through a succession of woods, very gradually descending. There was a particularly attractive area where the trees had been felled a few years ago, even though the trees planted to replace them were protected by tall plastic tubing.
The long bridleway through the woods
The long bridleway through the woods
The long bridleway through the woods
The long bridleway through the woods
The long bridleway through the woods
The long bridleway through the woods
The long bridleway through the woods, approaching Dolesden Lane
Eventually I reached Dolesden Lane, where I turned right, still with part of Poynatt's Wood on my right. As I came to the end of the wood, I took a path that went into it. After a hundred yards or so, the path left the wood and rose uphill across a meadow or pasture. It then entered another part of Poynatt's Wood, continuing a little further uphill before turning left along a track. After a few hundred yards the path turned left along a 'hollow way' or 'sunken lane' with the edge of the wood on my left. It then turned right, running between a fence on my left and the wood to my right - there were nice views here across the northern end of the Hambleden Valley. I spotted my first Nettle-leaved Bellflower and Dark Mullein of 2019 here. The path then turned left, dropping downhill between fences to reach the end of a drive, which I followed a short way to reach the road through Skirmett.
The path crossing the meadow or pasture which is on the edge of Poynatts Wood
View from where the path re-enters another part of Poynatts Wood
The path continuing through Poynatts Wood
The path continuing through Poynatts Wood
Zoomed-in shot towards Turville (where I'd be much later in the walk)
View towards Turville
The path continuing towards Skirmett
The path continuing towards Skirmett
The road through Skirmett