Pete's Walks- Pitstone Hill and Grand Union Canal (page 2 of 3)
I turned left and followed a street through the village for a couple of hundred yards, before turning left on a path (the footpath sign was attached to the side of a house) that soon took me through the village allotments. Through a tall gate on the far side I turned right, and followed a narrow path to reach another street. I turned left, uphill, and soon came to a grassy area where two paths started - I took the one going half-right, which lead uphill through trees to a hairpin bend on a road coming up from Aldbury. A short dead-end lane led from the hairpin bend into the small hamlet of Tom's Hill. A footpath continued on from the end of the lane, first through a gate and along a surfaced track and then descending through a wood.
The path through the allotments at Aldbury
The path from Aldbury up towards Tom's Hill
The path from Aldbury up towards Tom's Hill
The lane to Tom's Hill
The path descending from Tom's Hill
When the path emerged from the wood, I turned left in a pasture to reach a gate in the corner. The path continued half-right, descending across a sloping meadow to a gate or stile in the hedgerow on the right. The path then turned left along the other side of the hedgerow, to reach a stile in a field corner. Over this, the path again went half-right over a meadow to reach Norcott Court Farm.
The path to Norcott Court Farm
The path to Norcott Court Farm
Approaching Norcott Court Farm
I went over a stile and then turned left through the farm gate, turning right onto another track after a few yards. After a couple of hundred yards or so I turned right at a fingerpost. After maybe another couple of hundred yards the path turned left to cross a field to a footbridge over a railway line. The path then continued over another field to reach a lane, where I turned right and soon came to the Grand Union Canal at Cow Roast.
The track from Norcott Court Farm
The path after I turned right from the track from Norcott Court Farm
The path to the railway line, near Cow Roast
The path continuing from the railway line, near Cow Roast
The lane to Cow Roast
Lock on the Grand Union Canal at Cow Roast