T=SWC.81
Length: 15.8km (9.8 miles) - shortcuts available
Difficulty 5 out of 10
Catch the Metropolitan Line from King's Cross at 9.53, Baker Street 10.01, Aldgate 9.45 or other stations on the line to arrive at Chorleywood at 10.50.
Return trains from Chesham are approximately two an hour. At the moment, the TFL website is showing a replacement bus from Chesham to Amersham for journeys before 4pm but trains are showing as running from Chesham from 16.24 onwards.
Chorleywood and Chesham are in zones 7 and 9 respectively but are covered by Freedom passes and 60+ Oyster cards.
Lunch: The Red Lion (01923 282 722)
in Chenies, 6.4km (3.9 miles) into the main walk, is now a smart, friendly pub with a
somewhat gastro menu, served from 10am to 11pm daily. It has some
outside seating in a sheltered courtyard.
The Bedford Arms (01923 283 301)
in Chenies is larger than the Red Lion and and serves food in a table
service restaurant from 12-2.30pm, with a more limited menu available in its bar area and its very pleasant
garden.
Tea: The Drawing Room in Chesham is highly praised. There is also a Cafe Nero and Costa.
For directions, map and GPS click here
1 comment:
12 arrived early and set off ahead of 7 on the posted train giving a total of n=19. There was w=cloud_and_a_cool_breeze_in_the_morning_warming_with_sunshine in the afternoon. This is a proper country walk at the outer edges of the Metropolitan line and it took us through fields carpeted with buttercups and daisies and laneways lined with pink and white hawthorn blossom. We passed a sleeping horse standing motionless in front of a stable with one rear hoof slightly raised as if to take a step. After watching for several minutes we started to doubt whether he was alive but just as we moved away, he woke up and did a long stretch - forelegs fully extended in front like a yoga stretch. We later passed a large field with lots of cows and young calves grazing. The later group caught up with the earlier starters at Chenies. Three or four had lunch at the Red Lion, everyone's else picnicked. The afternoon offered lovely views of the Chess valley and birdsong in the woods. It felt like the perfect time of year for this walk. The first group to reach Chesham caught the 15.28 train, the rearguard of 6 caught the 16.26 after three had tea at the Drawing Room and three had drinks in the pub.
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