Length: 12.1 miles / 19.5 km
A walk through gently rolling wooded hills in Buckinghamshire, it passes the cottage of the poet John Milton in Chalfont St Giles, as well as Jordans, a hamlet with Quaker links. Apparently a stile free walk.
Trains: 1007 from London Marylebone, arriving Beaconsfield at 10:43. Return trains at xx:04, xx:42, plus a slow service at xx:10.
Lunch: There are a couple of pubs in Chalfont St Giles - Merlins Cave and The Feathers, or you can get a sandwich at The Deli.
- Revolution is on Maxwell Road, just as you enter the town (formerly Bar Med).
- Jungs, a continental bakery and patisserie at 6 The Broadway, just past the Waitrose supermarket, some 100 metres north of the railway bridge,
- La Cape just before the railway bridge, open until 5pm, Monday to Saturday, It's cakes are delicious.
- Costa Coffee in Station Road.
T=1.10
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At last, a warm almost hot sunny day. Seven met on the platform at Beaconsfield joined by one walking a shortened route from Seer Green making a total of #8.
The walk was blissfully uneventful. No mud skating or calf deep floods to brook. The buds on the trees were waiting to burst and the snow drops still magnificent, bluebell leaves just breaking through the leaf litter.
Three of us enjoyed sandwiches on the sunny seat on the green in Chalfont St Giles. Once fed they moved on and we can offer no further report.
Five of us braved Merlin’s Cave tempted by their new menu and sat out in their garden in the glorious sunshine. The service and the food banished memories of New Year 2020. All professed themselves satisfied. A special mention goes to the venison carpaccio which was excellent, although partially cooked.
Having spent too much time lounging in the sun at the pub, we took a few short cuts to catch the 1608 from Seer Green. This took us along a River Misbourne that had well and truly broken its banks but did not endanger our path. Across a few more fields and through leafless woods and then we rejoined the world of shopping bags. Bring on the leaves and the wood anemones.
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