[Stargazer is away]
Length: 20.2 km (12.6 mi) or 27.8 km (17.3 mi)
Ascent/Descent: 273m or 429m
Net Walking Time: ca. 4 ½ hours or 6 ¼ hours
Toughness: 4 out of 10 or 7 out of 10
Take the 09.00 Oxford
Parkway train from Marylebone (stops Beaconsfield, High Wycombe & Princes
Risborough), arriving Haddenham & Thame Parkway at 09.50.
Return trains: xx.35
& xx.58. Last train at 16.58!
For this train strike day, it is not easy finding a train connection to a walk of decent length that hasn't already been posted on a Saturday this year and with late enough return trains to not risking getting stuck in the countryside over night. Here is one. The short (20 km) version is a safe bet for making a return train. The long one? Make your own judgement.
The blurb for the long walk:
This is a very rewarding walk through the pleasant
rolling countryside of the north westerly parts of Aylesbury Vale, just north
of The Chilterns, with some far views on clear days.
The walk first crosses the Thame Valley north of
Haddenham and then passes through the area of the ancient Bernwood Royal
Hunting Forest on a wide circular route to return south on a different route
back through the Thame Valley to Haddenham.
The lunch stop is in any one of two charming pubs
in the ancient hilltop village of Brill. A short loop around the village,
providing far views into five counties, passes its well-preserved windmill in a
prominent position on Brill Common, before a long descent from this steep-sided
village follows.
There are a few ascents throughout the walk at
regular intervals, with the third one – up to lunch in Brill – the longest, as
the walk links a total of four hilltop villages and crosses one other hill
chain.
It also contains several arable field crossings.
On the long walk: The Pointer (12.1 km/7.5 mi,
food all day) or The Pheasant
(12.9 km/8.0 mi, food all day) in Brill.
For walk directions, map, height profile, photos
and gpx/kml files click here.
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