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These are generally brief descriptions of my latest walks, more photographs than text (you'll be glad to hear!), although a few have been written up in a bit more detail and also appear elsewhere on this site (e.g. in the Chiltern Hills section). They are in reverse chronological order, with the most recent walk at the top.

Note that many of these are short walks in my local area that I do frequently, so there is inevitable duplication in some of the photos in these walks.

The distances and times given are usually only very rough estimates!

UPDATE 28/01/10: Unfortunately, I have had severe financial problems over the last 12-18 months and I need to return to work. I'm starting a new job in Huntingdon on 1st February 2010, so I won't be able to go out walking so much and this web site will therefore be updated less frequently.

Date Route Area Distance Time
6/03/10 Hambleden, Stonor, Frieth

(this walk is also in the 'Chiltern Hills' section)

 Chiltern Hills 11.7 miles 4h 25m
27/02/10 Hambleden, Bovingdon Green, Frieth

(this walk is also in the 'Chiltern Hills' section)

 Chiltern Hills 12.7 miles 5h 25m
20/02/10 Bledlow Ridge, West Wycombe, Bradenham

(this walk is also in the 'Chiltern Hills' section)

 Chiltern Hills 13.5 miles 5h 10m
13/02/10 Walk from Maidensgrove Chiltern Hills 13 miles 5h
27/01/10 Goring and Mapledurham Local About 13 miles 4h 30m
21/01/10 Alternative Ashridge Walk (again) Local 15.5 miles 6h
17/01/10 Marsworth Canal walk Local About 8 miles 3h 15m
09/01/10 Kensworth, Flamstead, Gaddesden Row Local 15.2 miles 5h 50m
04/01/10 Harpenden circular walk (again) Chiltern Hills 13 miles 4h 25m
02/01/10 Kensworth and Totternhoe Local 13 miles 4h 50m
28/12/2009 Kensworth, Hudnall, Dagnall Local 10 miles 3h 50m
22/12/09 Short Kensworth walk (in the snow) Local About 2 miles 1h 20m
20/12/09 Kensworth and Whipsnade Downs Local About 6 miles 2h 30m
18/12/09 Kensworth, Markyate, Studham, Whipsnade Local About 9 miles 4h 15m
17/12/09 Coombe Hill and Great Missenden Chiltern Hills 12.3 miles 4h  35m
9/12/09 Cowleaze Wood and Radnage Chiltern Hills 12.5 miles 4h 50m
15/11/09 Pitstone Hill and Wigginton Chiltern Hills 11.6 miles 4h 5m
30/10/09 Kensworth and Bison Hill Local About 4.5 miles 1h 30m
26/10/09 Four Hills Walk again Chiltern Hills About 13 miles 5h 10m
19/10/09 Stockgrove, the Brickhills, Woburn Sands Local 13.4 miles 4h 45m
17/10/09 Kensworth to Ivinghoe Beacon again Local 15 miles 5h 15m
14/10/09 Shorter Ashridge Walk again Local 5.5 miles 2h 15m
12/10/09 Blows Downs, Caddington, Markyate Local 15.5 miles 5h 20m
8/10/09 Marsworth canal walk, again Local 8 miles 3h 15m
5/10/09 Kensworth and Blows Downs Local 6.9 miles 2h 30m
2/10/09 Walk 1 of the Chiltern Chain Walk again Local 12.3 miles 4h 40m
28/09/09 Grand Union Canal 'figure-of-eight' walk Hertfordshire 18.3 miles 6h
26/09/09 Circular walk south from Royston Hertfordshire 11.8 miles 4h 15m
23/09/09 Alternative Ashridge Walk again (clockwise) Local 15.5 miles 5h 50m
21/09/09 Grand Union Canal circular walk, Hemel Hempstead-Berkhamsted Chiltern Hills 12 miles 3h 55m
17/09/09 Day 4 of the Stevenage Outer Orbital Path (STOOP)

Langley End to Gravely

 Hertfordshire 13.8 miles (6.9 miles each way) 4h 45m
14/09/09 Harpenden circular walk, clockwise Chiltern Hills 13 miles 4h 25m
12/09/09 Ashridge Estate Boundary Trail (anti-clockwise) Local 16 miles 5h 35m
9/09/09 Day 3 of the Stevenage Outer Orbital Path (STOOP)

Mardley Heath to Langley End

 Hertfordshire 14 miles (7 miles each way) 4h 50m
7/09/09 Kensworth and Briden's Camp, by an alternative route Local 17 miles 5h 50m
5/09/09 Markyate, Caddington, Blows Downs Local About 14.9 miles 5h 20m
3/09/09 Pitstone Hill, Dagnall, Ashridge Local About 12.8 miles 4h 30m
31/08/09 Kensworth to Redbourn and back Local About 15 miles 5h 20m
29/08/09 Slightly shortened Kensworth-Ivinghoe circular walk Local About 15.5 miles 5h 35m
27/08/09 Day 2 of the Stevenage Outer Orbital Path (STOOP)

Walkern to Mardley Heath

 Hertfordshire About 13.4 miles (6.7 miles each way) 4h 30m
22/08/09 Stockgrove, Woburn Sands, The Brickhills Beds/Bucks About 13.4 miles 5h 10m
19/08/09 Day 1 of the Stevenage Outer Orbital Path (STOOP)

Gravely to Walkern

Thanks to Roger Turner for suggesting this long-distance path to me!

 Hertfordshire About 13 miles (6.5 miles each way) 4h 30m
17/08/09 Kensworth, Great Gaddesden, Dagnall Local About 14.2 miles 4h 50m
13/08/09 Caddington figure-of-eight walk Local About 11.8 miles 4h 40m
10/08/09 Kensworth and everywhere (yet again!) Local About 15 miles 5h 30m
9/08/09 One-hour walk at Kensworth Local About 3 miles 1h
3/08/09 Whipsnade Heath and Studham Church Local About 6 miles 2h 10m
2/08/09 Thursley Common

(This wasn't really a walk, but a look round the common for wildlife with some fellow members of the WildAboutBritain web site)

 Surrey Maybe 3 miles 8h
30/07/09 Circular walk round Harpenden Chiltern Hills About 13 miles 4h 20m
25/07/09 Grand Union Canal Circular Walk, Berkhamsted-Tring Chiltern Hills About 19.6 miles (9.8 miles each way, though 0.5 miles was off the proper route) 6h 30m
22/07/09 Aylesbury Arm of the Grand Union Canal Buckinghamshire About 13 miles (6.5 miles each way) 4h
20/07/09 Studham Common and Redbourn, clockwise Chiltern Hills About 17 miles 5h 45m
9/07/09 Four Hills Walk Chiltern Hills About 13 miles 5h 15m
4/07/09 Buckland Common and The Lee Chiltern Hills About 11 miles 3h 45m
29/06/09 Pitstone Hill and Wigginton Chiltern Hills About 11.5 miles 4h 10m
24/06/09 Lilley to Barton circular walk (anti-clockwise) Chiltern Hills About 14.5 miles 5h 15m
22/06/09 Kensworth to Briden's Camp circular walk Local About 16 miles 5h 35m
18/06/09 Day 2 of The Beeches Way

Stoke Common to West Drayton

 Buckinghamshire About 18 miles (9 miles each way) 6h
16/06/09 Kensworth Quarry path Local About 5 miles 2h 20m
12/06/09 Day 1 of The Beeches Way

Cookham to Stoke Common

 Buckinghamshire About 16 miles (8 miles each way) 5h 25m
8/6/09 Wendover Arm of the Grand Union Canal Local About 14.5 miles (7.25 miles each way) 4h 45m
4/6/09 Kensworth to Ivinghoe again Local About 17.5 miles 6h 5m
1/06/09 Kensworth and everywhere again Local About 15 miles 5h 30m
31/05/09 Pitstone Hill, Ashridge and Ivinghoe Beacon Local About 8 miles 2h 50m
30/05/09 Kensworth, the Downs, Studham Church Local About 8 miles 2h 40m
28/05/09 The Lynch (Kensworth) to Redbourn

I did this walk along the first part of the Ver valley as a sort of 'addendum' to the Ver-Colne Valley Walk, which I had just completed

 Local About 14.8 miles (7.4 miles each way, 6 miles each way along the Ver valley) 5h 20m
25/05/09 Day 2 of the Ver-Colne Valley Walk, Colney Street to Watford

(this walk is also in the 'Long-distance Paths' section)

 Hertfordshire About 11 miles (5.5 each way) 3h 40m
23/05/09 Day 1 of the Ver-Colne Valley Walk, Redbourn to Colney Street

(this walk is also in the 'Long-distance Paths' section)

 Hertfordshire About 18 miles (9 miles each way) 6h 15m
20/05/09 Chess Valley Walk

(this walk is also in the 'Long-distance Paths' section)

 Chiltern Hills About 20 miles (10 miles each way) 7h 30m
11/5/09 Watlington Hill, Cookley Green and Pishill Chiltern Hills About 13 miles 5h 15m
2/5/09 Kensworth to Briden's Camp circular walk

(this walk is also in the 'Chiltern Hills' section)

 Local 16.2 miles 5h 50m
1/05/09 Bluebells at Ashridge Local About 6 miles 2h 30m
29/04/09 Kensworth to Totternhoe and back Local About 13 miles 5h
26/04/09 Whipsnade Downs and Holywell Local 6 miles 2h
24/04/09 Marsworth canal walk Local 8 miles 4h
22/04/09 40-minute Kensworth walk Local 2 miles 40m
20/04/09 Lilley- Barton walk

(this walk is also in the 'Chiltern Hills' section)

 Chiltern Hills 14.5 miles 5h 15m
15/04/09 Ashridge figure-of-eight walk Local About 15 miles 6h 10m
13/04/09 Kensworth to Little Gaddesden and back Local About 14.5 miles 5h 5m
7/04/09 Kensworth to Toddington and back

(this walk is also in the 'Chiltern Hills' section)

 Local 20.2 miles 6h 45m
5/04/09 Kensworth, Roe End, Studham Common Local About 8 miles 3h
2/04/09 Woburn to Ampthill and back Bedfordshire About 20 miles 6h 20m
27/0309 Wendover Woods and Wigginton Chiltern Hills 12.5 miles About 4h 30m
20/03/09 Hambleden and Turville Chiltern Hills About 11 miles About 4h 15m
18/03/09 Coombe Hill and the Hampdens Chiltern Hills About 14.5 miles About 5h 15m
16/03/09 Chess Valley Walk Chiltern Hills About 12 miles About 4h 30m
15/03/09 Kensworth to Whipsnade Downs Local About 6 miles About 2 hours
13/03/09 Kensworth to Pitstone Hill and back Local 17.75 miles About 6 hours
11/03/09 Kensworth, Studham church, Whipsnade Local About 6 miles About 2 hours
6/03/09 Studham Common and Redbourn

(this walk is also in the 'Chiltern Hills' section)

 Local 17 miles About 6 hours
4/03/09 Kensworth and Whipsnade Downs Local About 6 miles About 2 hours
2/03/09 Cowleaze Wood and Turville Heath

(this walk is also in the 'Chiltern Hills' section)

 Chiltern Hills About 11 miles About 4h 30m
28/02/09 Studham Common and Markyate Local About 5 miles About 2 hours
27/02/09 Kensworth, Studham, Whipsnade Local About 7 miles About 2h 15m
26/02/09 Short Ashridge Walk Local About 5.5 miles About 2 hours
11/02/09 Kensworth-Redbourn in the snow Local About 15 miles About 5h 45m
7/02/09 Whipsnade Downs in the snow Local About 5 miles About 2 hours
3/02/09 Kensworth and everywhere in the snow Local About 15 miles About 6 hours