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Length: 10.5 miles (16.9 km) 6 out of 10
"This walk is easy to follow, being mainly along the Ridgeway and is very much uphill and downhill, but not strenuously so. The way is predominantly through high beech woods and chalk downlands, including the Ridgeway path across open countryside, passing Chequers, the PM's country retreat. It has views out from Coombe Hill over the Vale of Aylesbury and surrounding counties. The walk ends by descending into the pleasant old town of Wendover."
You will need the online instructions for directions to the lunch pub in Great Kimble, as the pub in the book is closed. The Plough is best avoided, as it has become a tourist destination.
Trains: Get the 1000 Birmingham train from London Marylebone, arriving Princess Risborough at 1033. Return trains are xx28 & xx58 via Amersham & Harrow. Buy a day return to Aylesbury, which will cover both routes.
Lunch: is The Swan (tel 01844 275288) in Smokey Row (Great Kimble). There is a park nearby for picnics
Tea: The Shoulder of Mutton pub is next to the station, or tea shops in Wendover High Street.
2 comments:
N=5 at the start on a lovely day for a walk. Sadly it became 4 +1 after the hill out of Princess Risborough. Hopes of reuniting at the pub were dashed by a handwritten sign, not open till one, no lunch food.
One of us had headed off, pleading an evening in a pub, getting a bit of a start & not hearing our shouts as we followed behind. Fortunately we got together for a picnic on a pleasant hillside after yet another climb.
Just missing a train gave time for a pint & tea, before getting the 1558, but no sign of the 5th man.
The 5th man had been slowed by the patina of mud covering large stretches of the walk. This doubled the effort required making it a 10 out of 10 - at least. Need special tyres for that. Not having read the directions fully, he took the back-garden footpath it says not to use. Weirdest footpath ever. At least the boisterous dog was friendly. The 5th man cleverly reached the Swan just as they opened and liquid refreshment was consumed. The owners had gone skiing. (They could have skied down some of todays slopes). A quick half consumed in the Shoulder of Mutton then off to the station where one of the others, a Rumseys chocoholic, was still on the platform
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