These are in reverse chronological order, with the most recent walk at the top .'Local' means the walk is within a few miles of my home in Kensworth, and so most of these could also come under the heading 'Chiltern Hills'.
The distances and times given are usually only very rough estimates!
WARNING: When I originally started writing up these walks, I didn't really intend them to be used as 'route descriptions' for other people to follow. However I am aware that a few people are using them that way - so I should point out that I don't always give enough details in the written descriptions for them to be used that way. Also, unfortunately, I have a dreadful tendency to get 'left' and 'right' confused. So if you want to try any of these walks yourself, I very strongly recommend that you try to follow the route on a map first. The Google Map I provide with each walk may be of some help with navigation. If you do find (or think you find) any mistakes please let me know by email and I will make any corrections as soon as I can (usually I check emails every day).
NOTE: In the Autumn of this year I walked the Chiltern Heritage Trail again, which took me seven days of walking. Each day I walked about seven miles along the route in the clockwise direction (as per the guide book), then turned round and walked back the same way. This is the same method I've used on most of the other long-distance path I've walked, but this time I not only walked the route in both directions, I recorded it in both directions. So on those days there are two entries on this page (e.g. Chesham to Chenies, Chenies to Chesham) - obviously there are a lot of similarities and even duplication in the two walk descriptions!
Date | Route | Area | Distance | Time |
30/12/17 | West Wycombe, Horsleys Green, Fingest | Chiltern Hills | About 14.1 miles | 6h 20m |
16/12/17 | Maidensgrove and Turville Heath | Chiltern Hills | About 8.9 miles | 3h 30m |
2/12/17 | Coombe Hill and Kingsash (again) | Chiltern Hills | About 11.2 miles | 4h 20m |
25/11/17 | Chesham to Chesham Vale (Chiltern Heritage Trail, anti-clockwise) | Chiltern Hills | About 7 miles | 2h 40m |
25/11/17 | Chesham Vale to Chesham (Chiltern Heritage Trail, clockwise) | Chiltern hills | About 7 miles | 2h 30m |
19/11/17 | Chesham Vale to The Lee (Chiltern Heritage Trail, anti-clockwise) | Chiltern Hills | About 8.6 miles | 3h 20m |
19/11/17 | The Lee to Chesham Vale (Chiltern Heritage Trail, clockwise) | Chiltern hills | About 8.6 miles | 3h 5m |
12/11/17 | Pitstone Hill, Dagnall Ashridge (again) | Chiltern Hills | About 12.8 miles | 4h 45m |
3/11/17 | The Lee to Little Missenden (Chiltern Heritage Trail, anti-clockwise) | Chiltern Hills | About 8 miles | 2h 50m |
3/11/17 | Little Missenden to The Lee (Chiltern Heritage Trail, clockwise) | Chiltern hills | About 8 miles | 2h 45m |
28/10/17 | Amersham Old Town to Little Missenden (Chiltern Heritage Trail, clockwise) | Chiltern Hills | About 7 miles | 2h 25m |
28/10/17 | Little Missenden to Amersham Old Town (Chiltern Heritage Trail, anti-clockwise) | Chiltern hills | About 7 miles | 2h 15m |
14/10/17 | Maidensgrove Common and Moor Common (clockwise) | Chiltern Hills | About 14,3 miles | 5h 35m | 7/10/17 | Wigginton and Drayton Wood (again) | Chiltern Hills | About 6 miles | 2h 10m |
30/09/17 | North from Little Missenden | Chiltern Hills | About 8 miles | 3h 25m |
23/09/17 | Amersham Old Town to Chalfont St Peter (Chiltern Heritage Trail, anti-clockwise) | Chiltern Hills | About 7.9 miles | 2h 55m |
23/09/17 | Chalfont St Peter to Amersham Old Town (Chiltern Heritage Trail, clockwise) | Chiltern hills | About 7.9 miles | 2h 55m |
17/09/17 | Chalfont St Peter to Chenies (Chiltern Heritage Trail, anti-clockwise) | Chiltern Hills | About 6.5 miles | 2h 25m |
17/09/17 | Chenies to Chalfont St Peter (Chiltern Heritage Trail, clockwise) | Chiltern Hills | About 6.5 miles | 2h 20m |
2/09/17 | Chenies to Chesham (Chiltern Heritage Trail, anti-clockwise) | Chiltern Hills | About 6.5 miles | 2h 25m |
2/09/17 | Chesham to Chenies (Chiltern Heritage Trail, clockwise) | Chiltern Hills | About 6.5 miles | 2h 20m |
26/08/17 | Barton and Deacon Hill | Chiltern Hills | About 10 miles | 3h 35m |
19/08/17 | Bledlow and Radnage | Chiltern Hills | About 8.5 miles | 2h 55m |
11/08/17 | Maidensgrove, Shepherd's Green, Nuffield | Chiltern Hills | About 14.8 miles | 5h 45m |
4/08/17 | Coombe Hill and Prestwood | Chiltern Hills | About 9.8 miles | 4h |
28/07/17 | Chenies, Chipperfield Common, Ley Hill (again) | Chiltern Hills | About 13.3 miles | 5h |
21/07/17 | The lanes of Little Missenden | Chiltern Hills | About 12 miles | 4h 10m |
14/07/17 | Little Missenden and Knotty Green (slight variation of a walk I did in March 2010, but in the opposite, anti-clockwise direction) | Chiltern Hills | About 15.1 miles | 5h 15m |
8/07/17 | Cowleaze Wood, Chinnor, Ibstone (clockwise, again) | Chiltern Hills | About 16.5 miles | 6h 15m |
1/07/17 | Maidensgrove Common and Moor Common | Chiltern Hills | About 14.3 miles | 5h 30m |
9/06/17 | West Wycombe and Moorend Common | Chiltern Hills | About 11 miles | 4h 35m |
2/06/17 | Hambleden, Marlow Common, Moorend Common | Chiltern Hills | about 10 miles | 3h 55m |
26/05/17 | Ashridge Estate Boundary Trail, anti-clockwise (again) | Chiltern Hills | About 16 miles | 6h 5m |
23/05/17 | Coombe Hill and the Hampdens (Walk 12 of the Chiltern Chain Walk, anti-clockwise) | Chiltern Hills | About 12.5 miles | 4hr 50m |
22/05/17 | Deacon Hill and Pegsdon (again) | Chiltern Hills | About 3.6 miles | 1hr 25m |
21/05/17 | Goring, Hartslock, Cray's Pond (again) | Chiltern Hills | About 8.3 miles | 2hr 50m |
6/05/17 | Christmas Common, Russell's Water Common, Nuffield (clockwise version of the Watlington Hill, Nuffield, Russell's Water Common walk I did in August 2016) | Chiltern Hills | About 16.2 miles | 5h 55m |
23/04/17 | Gaddesden Row and Potten End (an extended version of the Gaddesden Row and Briden's Camp walk I did in March 2016) | Chiltern Hills | About 12.6 miles | 4h 25m |
15/04/17 | Kensworth and Ivinghoe Beacon (again) | Chiltern Hills | About 15 miles | 5h 20m |
8/04/17 | Maidensgrove Common, Ibstone, Middle Assendon (again) | Chiltern Hills | About 15 miles | 5h 55m |
2/04/17 | Cowleaze Wood and Radnage (anti-clockwise) | Chiltern Hills | About 12.5 miles | 4h 45m |
25/03/17 | Little Missenden, Hodgemoor Woods, Misbourne Valley | Chiltern Hills | About 14.8 miles | 5h 15m |
11/03/17 | West Wycombe, Bledlow Ridge, Lacey Green (clockwise) | Chiltern Hills | About 14.8 miles | 5h 45m |
4/03/17 | Variation on Four Hills walk from Whiteleaf Hill (repeat of a walk I did in April 2010, but starting at Whiteleaf Hill instead of Coombe Hill) | Chiltern Hills | About 11.9 miles | 5h 20m |
18/02/17 | Stoke Row, Checkendon, Woodhouse Farm (clockwise) | Chiltern Hills | About 14.3 miles | 5h 20m |
5/02/17 | Redland End and Coombe Hill (clockwise) | Chiltern Hills | About 10.8 miles | 4h 10m |
28/01/17 | Pitstone Hill and Wigginton (Walk 4 of my Chiltern Chain Walk, clockwise, yet again) | Chiltern Hills | About 11.5 miles | 3h 50m |
21/01/17 | West Wycombe, Fingest, Horsleys Green (a slight variation on Walk 14 of my Chiltern Chain Walk, done clockwise, with three new sections I'd not walked before) | Chiltern hills | About 14.1 miles | 5h 55m |
2/01/17 | Cholesbury and Whelpley Hill (anti-clockwise) | Chiltern Hills | About 14 miles | 5h 15m |