tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13665817.post8983219644277260960..comments2024-03-29T11:20:22.205+00:00Comments on SWC - This Week's Walks: Saturday Second Walk - A southern Chiltern classicAndrewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11395064086819994526noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13665817.post-33236481698994528352016-10-23T11:40:17.455+01:002016-10-23T11:40:17.455+01:00Terrific walk yesterday. I'd forgotten how lov...Terrific walk yesterday. I'd forgotten how lovely this walk is in the autumn, particularly the woodland stretches. I lost contact with the rest of the group after the first pub so walked alone for most of the rest of the day but enjoyed a close encounter with a small group of muntjac in the wood just before the Reformation pub.<br /><br />I don't know if the walks "adopter" picked this up but at para 38 when you come to a tarmac road and turn left you can cross this road, go through a wooden kissing gate directly opposite and bear left diagonally across an open field to reach the edge of the wood where you turn right and continue with the directions from the end of para 39. This is a public right of way on the OS map and avoids a bit of road walking.PeteBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02135468832090264900noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13665817.post-4226372435751948152016-10-22T22:54:41.621+01:002016-10-22T22:54:41.621+01:00N=18 on this walk on a day of w=some-nice-sunshine...N=18 on this walk on a day of w=some-nice-sunshine. We soon split into sub-groups and as far as I know someone ate at each of the three middle lunch pubs. Seven or eight of us chose the Red Lion. The decor here was a bit shabby but the menu interesting. It was just about warm enough to sit in the garden. <br /><br />Most leaves are still green but some good autumn colours are starting to come through - gold on the tops and exposed sides of beeches, some cherries aflame with red, a few yellow maples, and all of these colours plus some attractive maroons in the hedgerows. There were lots of red fly agaric mushrooms in the woods. In general, though I say so myself, this was a good autumn choice, with even more woods than I remember. <br /><br />The walk was also given a thorough check by its adopter. An updated version will appear on the site in due course. Walkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09314024151810191831noreply@blogger.com