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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 0937 train from London Marylebone, arriving Princess Risborough at 1021. Return trains are xx57 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), 8.2 km into the walk. 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.
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#6 arrived at PR prepared for a rainy day. Good news on the weather, which turned out #sunny. However no trains were running on the Wendover line, with a bus replacement service to Amersham and then tube back to Marylebone. 1 determined to do the posted walk, with a copy of the Weekend Guardian to while away the extended return.
Four continued to lunch and then returned to PR via a circuitous route. I improvised a route to Saunderton via Lacey Green, Speen, and Walter’s Ash which was really nice.
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