16.3 km 10.1 miles Difficulty 5/10
A Chilterns walk including a large beech wood, interesting churches and the village of Little Missenden. After tea in Old Amersham, you reach the station via another wood.
Trains:
Get the 09:57 train from Marylebone arriving at Great Missenden at 10:40.
A rail return to Great Missenden will suffice.This limits you to Chiltern trains back from Amersham at xx:11 and xx:41.
A zones 1-9 travelcard (or Freedom Pass) plus a rail single from Amersham to Great Missenden on the way out (see notes) would allow you to return by either tube or train. Met Line to Baker Street at xx:22 and xx:52
Lunch
The recommended pub is The Squirrel in Penn Street 01494 711291
The nearby Hit or Miss is also suitable 01494 713109
There are earlier - possibly too earlier - pubs in Little Missenden, The Red Lion 01494 862876 and The Crown 01494 862571
Tea:
Seasons Cafe Deli in Old Amersham - recommended but limited seating
Old Amersham also has pubs. The Crown Inn and the Kings Arms are two.
(Were you to delve deeper into ‘new’ Amersham you could find a Mad Squirrel micropub at 100 Sycamore Road).
Walk Directions: here
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N=3 Another w=cloudy day. Mostly mud free.
Lunch at the Squirrel. A cricket match was in progress, this added some excitement whenever a ball flew across the road. Would it hit a car? Would it hit us? Neither, as it goes.
The afternoon passed without incident. Past some posh gaffs, through meadows brimming with buttercups and ox-eyes. Reached Old Amersham by 3.
The other two had shaken me off by then. Looked for them in Seasons. No sign. Guess they headed for the station. Either that or they were hiding.
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