Pete's Walks- Kensworth, Markyate, Studham, Whipsnade (page 2 of 3)
Almost as soon as the road entered Markyate, I took a footpath on the right. After maybe a hundred yards I took another path that forked half-right, soon following a hedgerow on the left. The path gradually went up the valley side at an easy angle to eventually reach a distant field corner. I turned half-left through a gate to follow another hedge on my left (I saw both Flax and Tansy-leaved Phacelia in amongst the field of oil-seed rape here) to reach Roe End, where I turned right along Roe End Lane.
The path from Markyate to Roe End, after I turned half-right
The path continuing from Markyate towards Roe End
The path approaching Roe End
Roe End Lane
At the end of the surfaced section of Roe End Lane, I continued ahead along the unsurfaced section of the lane. After three-quarters of a mile or so I reached its end, where I followed the surfaced drive of a waterworks a short way, before going a few yards left to reach a corner of Studham Common.
Roe End Lane
Roe End Lane
Roe End Lane
Roe End Lane
Roe End Lane (passing the waterworks near Studham Common)
I followed the bottom of this eastern third of Studham Common, which sloped uphill to my left. I then crossed Byslip road and continued along the bottom of the central third of the common to reach the second road and the village of Studham itself. I then continued through the western part of the common, passing a football pitch and veering slightly left (away from a road to my right) to reach the village school.
The path along the bottom of the eastern section of Studham Common
The path along the bottom of the central section of Studham Common
The path along the bottom of the western section of Studham Common, by the centre of the village