Difficulty 3/10 Length 15.5 km 9.6 miles (shorter pub-less option possible).
A varied Chilterns walk. Sloping fields, woods and hamlets, ending with a descent through Frith Wood into Great Missenden.
Travel: Get the Metropolitan line to Chesham to arrive 10:47 (from Kings Cross St Pancras 9:39, Baker Street 9:49). Or plan your journey here.
Trains return from Great Missenden at xx:03 and xx:33
A zone 1-9 travel card (or Freedom Pass) will cover most of the journey. You will also need a single from Great Missenden to Amersham for the return.
Lunch The Cock and Rabbit, Lee Common 01494 837 540. Picnic possible on the nearby green.
Tea: The George Ale House, 94 the High Street, is recommended. A proper real ale pub with a large selection and an oldie worldie feel. There's also the Cross Keys, and at least one café, Matilda’s, slightly nearer the station.
Directions here t=2.4 Note that the ending was rerouted (2022) to avoid HS2 work. This is covered in recent directions and GPS
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Exiting the station, we found a large meet-up group outside. Panic ensued and the n=5 of us set off on a ‘shortcut’ in case they were heading to the Cock and Rabbit. The shortcut turned out to be a long cut taking us through parts of Chesham we’d never seen before. Luckily the meet-ups didn’t go our way after all.
One of our group fshoomed ahead and wasn’t seen again. The others tried to fshoom ahead too, leaving Mr Tiger behind. But don’t you worry readers, they caught him up later.
Hopes of dining at the Cock and Rabbit were dashed. It was reservations only. Chips and cake were rustled up and Mr Tiger had his cider, so it wasn’t all bad news.
The afternoon was a bit damper. Light rain but nothing to write home about. Umbrellas and waterproofs came out . (But not Mr Tiger’s cos he’s tough). With worse weather forecast for later, we shaved the teensiest sliver off the afternoon loop.
We rounded things off in the George Ale House, where amongst many other delights, they had Sandfords Scrumpy Some of us had some of that.
The weather w=cloudy-am-patches-of-light-rain-pm
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