I went a few yards left, and took a hedge-lined path on the other side. After a few hundred yards the path crossed Toby's Lane (another bridleway). On entering the next field I became rather confused when I saw the path continuing beside a hedge on my left. I was sure the path went across this field at an angle, not hugging a hedgerow. I checked the OS map, which confirmed I was going the right way. It was only then that I realised that the hedgerow was a new one, planted since I last came this way (I've checked my photo from when I did this walk in April 2022, the hedge wasn't there then). I followed the hedge to the next field corner, where I went through a metal kissing-gate and turned left. I then followed the edge of a field of stubble to reach Mop End.
The path between Beamond End Lane and Toby's Lane
The path from Toby's Lane to Mope End
Approaching Mop End
I crossed Mop End Lane and continued along a footpath just inside the edge of a wood (named The Rough Park on the OS map, and shown to be an Open Access area). Further on I passed close to an Electricity Substation (definitely not an Open Access area!), hidden in the wood to my right. The path then turned right, and continued through the woodland.
The path from Mop End
The path from Mop End
The path from Mop End
The path from Mop End
The path from Mop End