Pete's Walks- Redland End and Coombe Hill (page 2 of 5)
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I went a few yards right to the end of this old lane, where a total of six paths or bridleways meet. I took the first path on the left - for the first few yards it was actually a bridleway (part of theSouth Bucks Way), but then I turned right on to a public footpath (this wasn't very clear at first, but it initially runs just inside Chisley wood with a field close by on the right). At some point the wood became Goodmerhill Wood, and eventually the path dropped downhill to a five-way junction of paths. Here I went straight on (the other options were left, half-left and right), gently uphill at first, through Fugsdon Wood until after about a quarter of a mile (it seemed a bit further) I reached a lane.
Near the start of the footpath through Chisley Wood
The footpath through Chisley Wood
The footpath through Chisley Wood
The path through Fugsdon Wood, just after the five-way junction
The path through Fugsdon Wood
The path through Fugsdon Wood
The path through Fugsdon Wood, just before the lane
I walked less than a hundred yards left along the lane, then took a footpath on the other side. This went slightly uphill through a wood called High Scrubs, staying close to a garden boundary on my left. I soon came to a path T-junction, where I turned left. This path soon turned right, and continued through the wood to a path crossroads. Here I went straight on, now on a bridleway between fences though initially still in woodland (I could have shortened the walk by turning left to reach Coombe Hill). Beyond the woods the bridleway dropped downhill with green fields either side and a nice view ahead towards Wendover Woods. After passing a small wood on the left, the bridleway turned left (where a footpath went right) and ran between paddocks and then garden fences to reach the lane through Bacombe (Bacombe Lane).
The path in High Scrubs after I turned right from the lane
The path in High Scrubs, just after I turned left at a path T-junction
The path in High Scrubs
The bridleway continuing through Upper Bacombe
The bridleway continuing through Upper Bacombe
The bridleway descending towards Bacombe
The bridleway descending towards Bacombe
The bridleway descending towards Bacombe
The bridleway descending towards Bacombe
The bridleway approaching Bacombe, after it has turned left