17 km 10.6 miles Difficulty 5/10
A Chilterns walk. Starts off flat, gets hilly.
Train: Get the 9:53 Aylesbury train from Marylebone, arriving Little Kimble at 11:06.
Trains return from Saunderton direct at xx:57.
Get a return to Little Kimble.
Lunch: The Pink and Lily 01494 489 857 (a pub once favoured by Rupert Brooke)
An earlier option would be the Plough at Little Cadsden 01844 343 302.
Tea:
The Golden Cross is handy for the Station.
Directions: here
In the woods after lunch (Monkton Wood), keep to the track at the right hand edge – this track is not obvious on entry. A Chilterns walk. Starts off flat, gets hilly.
Train: Get the 9:53 Aylesbury train from Marylebone, arriving Little Kimble at 11:06.
Trains return from Saunderton direct at xx:57.
Get a return to Little Kimble.
Lunch: The Pink and Lily 01494 489 857 (a pub once favoured by Rupert Brooke)
An earlier option would be the Plough at Little Cadsden 01844 343 302.
Tea:
The Golden Cross is handy for the Station.
Directions: here
Last year a few of us were led on an interesting diversion through the Horse Trust's sanctuary near Speen Farm. It’s not yet in the SWC walk directions, but the route has recently been added to the gps file. Note that it involves a bit of (quiet) road walking, If you’re interested, I’ve included rudimentary directions as a comment. T=swc.10
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Via the Horse Sanctuary…
Follow the main walk to the top of page 4 but, after descending the hill (paragraphs 1-2) turn right along the lane (Flowers Bottom Lane) instead of crossing it).
On reaching a small settlement, take a footpath left into a steep field. Veer right, climb to the top and go through gates into the back of the horse sanctuary. Follow the path to the main visitor area and tea room. (You’re on a public footpath, but to explore the centre there’s a £1 entry fee). The sanctuary closes at 4.
After your visit, follow the main entrance drive to a road (Slad Lane). There’s a stile by the gates if shut. Turn left down the lane and at a crossroads with New Road, go straight over, down a quiet, winding lane (Smalldean Lane).
This lane would lead you all the way to the Golden Cross near the station, but, after about a mile, with a redbrick house to your right and farm buildings to your left (Small Dean Farm), turn left down a footpath, eventually turning right into a large field. Turn left at the corner, to follow the hedge alongside the road. Soon, you rejoin the main walk ( point [14] p 6) which you follow to the Golden Cross and station. Knocks about a mile off.
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N=6 on a w=sunny day. Quite muddy underfoot but a dry sock day. We reached the Pink and Lily about 1:30 5 ordered gargantuan feasts. And then, readers, they ordered puddings. All this meant that we didn’t leave until 3. Off we trotted and all decided to take the Horse Sanctuary route despite the realisation that there would not be time for a look round. (You would need to leave the pub by 2:30 for a look round. It still served as a shorter route to the station, handy for some who were getting weary. And there were one or two horses to say Hi to. We just made it back in time for the 16:57 No time to stop at the Golden Cross. All enjoyed the walk.
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