Pete's Walks- Cholesbury, Great Hivings, Chartridge End (page 2 of 4)
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I crossed the road and continued on down a footpath that began along the drive to Mount Nugent farm. The path left the drive near where it turned left, going through a couple of gates before going straight on between a fence and a hedge on the right to reach Captain's Wood (a nature reserve now managed by the Chiltern Society). I turned right in the wood, going straight on where another path forked slightly right. Within a few yards I then left the wood, but then followed the edge of the wood on my right for several hundred yards with an attractive green valley on my left.
The path along the drive to Mount Nugent Farm
The path near Mount Nugent Farm, approaching Captain's Wood
Captain's Wood
The path continued for several hundred yards after the wood ended, at first next to a hedgerow, then running parallel to the hedgerow. Eventually I took a faint path forking right through the grass to a corner where the hedgerow turned left (see third photo below), the path continuing between a hedge and a wooden fence on my right. The path then continued a short way along a track, before I turned left through a gap in the hedge. I now followed a path along the right edge of four paddocks and a meadow (the first paddock had a wooden fence on my left), all of which were made colourful by the Autumn colours in the surrounding hedgerows. There was an open gateway between the third and fourth paddock, where the path went half-left before straightening out as it crossed the subsequent meadow.
The path alongside Captain's Wood
The path alongside Captain's Wood
The path continuing from Captain's Wood (I forked right here, into the corner in the hedgerow)
The path continuing beside a paddock or pasture
The first (empty) paddock
The second paddock
The third paddock
The fourth paddock
The meadow
The path then followed the right edge of a very large stubble field, with a small valley (the continuation of the one I'd followed from Captain's Wood) to my left. Near the end of this field I was surprised to feel a few drops of rain (it was a very sunny day!), but looking up I could see a solitary dark grey cloud above me. It was the briefest and lightest of showers, and I was compensated for it with a partial rainbow ahead of me. Beyond this large field the path crossed another ploughed field, passing close to a solitary tree. The path then ran beside a hedge on my right, passing a number of paddocks on my left and then Bank Farm.
The path beside the stubble field
The path beside the stubble field
The same path, crossing a second stubble field - note the rainbow!
The same path, now approaching Bank Farm
The same path, passing Bank Farm