tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13665817.post1573848912322058900..comments2024-03-29T13:33:35.228+00:00Comments on SWC - This Week's Walks: Wednesday Walk - Through the Chilterns and Little Missenden to Great MissendenAndrewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11395064086819994526noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13665817.post-9176455021979754762017-01-04T18:53:14.969+00:002017-01-04T18:53:14.969+00:00It is interesting doing a well-known walk backward...It is interesting doing a well-known walk backwards, btw. In this case rather than rushing anxiously through pretty Littie Missenden in the morning on the way to lunch in Penn Street, one could savour it as a lunch destination. The view as one descended into it was very pretty - usually this is behind you and you barely stop to look at it. The big descent to Little Mis in the usual direction became a brisk climb after lunch. In short, it is a great way to see a walk with fresh eyes - but probably best done when you are already familiar with the walk the right way round. Walkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09314024151810191831noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13665817.post-52928263814320287612017-01-04T16:48:35.711+00:002017-01-04T16:48:35.711+00:00N=16 on this walk on a day that was w=cloudier-tha...N=16 on this walk on a day that was w=cloudier-than-promised. The forecast said sun would break through and it seemed to be happening late morning. But then grey cloud returned and stayed in place till just before dusk. <br /><br />But it was relatively mild at least and this made a nice winter walk - varied and interesting. Mud slithery rather than gloopy, though it accrued to boots on some arable fields. Reversing the directions (a prospect which perhaps put off the fairer sex a bit, since the group was rather male-heavy) was not a problem on the whole as enough of us remembered the route. But even the most experienced went off piste occasionally.....<br /><br />We pushed on to Little (not Great) Missenden for lunch at the Red Lion, getting there at 1pm. Hearty unsophisticated food in a cosy pub. Ducks and chickens and trout to be fed in the garden (the pub even supplied bread). <br /><br />Tea in a busy Cafe Twit and then following Midweek Walk tradition we rushed for an early (4.32) train to get back to the Smoke in time for the rush hour. Always nice to squash up with the workers on the way home...Walkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09314024151810191831noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13665817.post-67297500356493489512017-01-03T08:36:23.023+00:002017-01-03T08:36:23.023+00:00Toby's lane had only 4 or 5 easily avoided pud...Toby's lane had only 4 or 5 easily avoided puddles on Sunday. Penn Wood a bit boggier but not impassable. The left hand side (your direction) probably drier. Thin coating of slippy - as opposed to sinky - mud elsewhere on route.Ian Tnoreply@blogger.com