Shorter option via Cross Coppice shortcut: 13.5km (8.4 miles). Other options are detailed in the walk directions.
Difficulty: 7 out of 10
Trains: Take the 9.57 train from London Marylebone to Wendover arriving 10.46.
Return trains from Wendover at xx.27 with additional trains at xx.57 after 3pm.
Buy a return to Wendover.
Lunch: The Red Lion, Whiteleaf, 10 km (6.2 miles) into the walk. Or, The Plough in Lower Cadsden is a later option and involves a short diversion from the walk route.
Tea: Wendover has two pubs and a couple of cafes as well as Rumsey's.
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N=7 on a w=hot-sunny day. The group soon splintered into segments with poor Mr Tiger soldiering along at he back. 3 took the Cross Coppice shortcut. One of them sped on round without stopping,
I caught up with the others in the Red Lion (I, of course, had gone the long way). Here, the landlord bombarded us with facts about cheese and tales of his breadmaking exploits. He rewarded the other two, who had shown the most interest, with one of his loaves. (I was tempted at this point to ask him his views on chips but I refrained). We waited a while for a while for two more, said to be on the long route but they didn’t show. Most likely swallowed up by the Wendover Triangle.
So we left, they for one of the Risboroughs, and me on my own on the full walk with no shortcuts.
This remains a nice walk, despite HS2‘s efforts to ruin both the start and the end. The lower ending is particularly unpleasant. Be prepared to be sent round the houses in a fenced in rat run, then along a busy new road.
I caught the 17:57. Compare that with walker number 7 who, reputedly, caught the 14:27 (steady on!!)
The remaining two caught the 19.57 train, after three stops, one for sandwiches, one at the "Red Lion" (the others being long gone) and one at Ellesborough church (teas at the church were advertised on the route, but no sign of these by the time we arrived!).
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