Length 17.3 km (10.7 miles), 6/10
This walk worked well this time last year and there
might be snowdrops. It's in a quiet, lesser visited part of the
Chilterns, over rolling hills with a couple of deep valleys, and a
rustic pub for lunch. Most train companies seem to be running a restricted service this week because of the ASLEF overtime ban; there looks to be an hourly service to/from Saunderton but I'll check nearer the time and if necessary amend the walk.
Travel: 1006 from Marylebone, arriving 1047. Return trains at 46 until 1646, then a gap till 1818.
Lunch: the the Lions (tel 01844 343345), Church End, Bledlow, 7km from the start of the walk. Picnic tables stretch out onto a green in front of the pub.
Tea: round the corner from Saunderton station is the Golden Cross (tel 01494 565974), which offers tea and coffee as well as stronger stuff if you have to wait for the train home (the Boot at Bledlow Ridge is closed from 3 to 5.30).
Short walk option: if you've had enough by lunch time, Princes Risborough is just under 4km from the Lions. This shortens the walk to 10.5 km (about six and a half miles). Directions here
For walk directions, map and GPX click here
T=2.2
PS I'll be away for my two February slots (14th and 28th) so any requests for those dates would be most welcome - please post on the walk requests page here by 7 Feb.
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#19 turned out on a #fair-but-windy day. We got to Bledlow around 1215 and effectively split into three groups of 5-7. A front group thought it was too early for lunch and pressed on. I think five ate in the Lions and were happy with their lunch once it arrived. I was in the middle group who mostly got something to drink and picnicked on the chilly tables outside the pub.
With fewer trains running than usual, three took various shortcuts to ensure they got the 1530, while the rest of us, including one more we met at the snowdrop-festooned churchyard in Radnage, did the full walk and had time for one or two drinks and some enjoyable chat at the Golden Cross. Some of the pub lunchers joined us there before all got the 1646 train. A fine day out.
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