Ascent/Descent:
254 m
Net
Walking Time: ca. 5 ½ hours
Toughness:
5 out of 10
Take
the 09.24 Rugeley Trent Valley train from Euston (Watford
Junction 09.39), arriving Cheddington at 10.03. From Clapham Junction,
take the 08.40 Milton Keynes Central train, change at Watford Junction
(09.20/09.39).
Return
trains:
xx.10, xx.34 and xx.54 (30-47 minutes journey time), on
xx.24 you can catch a train to Clapham Junction (68 minutes journey
time). Buy a Leighton Buzzard return.
“A
splendid walk through East Buckinghamshire’s rolling landscape of fields and
wooded areas on the edge of the Chiltern Hills, linking up a handful of
delightful hill top villages to provide panoramic views across pleasant
countryside. Broadly following the Thames/Great Ouse watershed in the morning,
it initially heads west, mostly with grand views of the Chilterns (when not
walking in wooded areas), to then turn north with far views into Aylesbury Vale
to the west, on to lunch pubs at either Aston Abbotts or Cublington. The
afternoon route is more level, but still features the hilltop village of Wing
and ends with a fairly tranquil descent into Linslade (for Leighton Buzzard
station).“
It
is possible to shorten the walk by taking a bus to Leighton Buzzard
station, for details see the ‘Walk Options’ chapter on page 2 of the
directions.
Disclaimer:
This walk involves a level crossing of the Leighton Buzzard-bypass dual
carriageway.
Lunch: The Unicorn in Cublington
(13.9 km/8.7 mi, food to 14.30), or (a little earlier and 250m off-route) the Royal
Oak Inn in Aston Abbotts (11.5 km/7.1 mi).
Tea: several pubs
listed in the directions, they are all in the Linslade part of town, i.e. close
to the station. There is also a re-opened pub in Leighton Buzzard’s centre (The Black Lion at 20 High Street),
a bit further away, which has been voted ‘CAMRA Pub of the Year
Bedfordshire’ in its first year. Or The
Bald Buzzard, a micropub at 6 Hockcliffe Street.
For
walk directions, map, height profile, comments, and
gpx/kml files click here.
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2 comments:
I arrived from the unwashed North a few mins after the scheduled train but there was nobody in sight at Cheddington, perhaps because of the rain or the rugby (I did consider wearing my South Africa woolly hat). The rain soon stopped and a curious golden orb briefly appeared in the sky, but the wind never relented. The Unicorn (1pm) was closed so this habitual early eater gutsed it out till 2pm and the Cock Inn at Wing. The rain returned with a vengeance. I had a few minor route problems owing to ploughed fields, but nothing serious. Lots of mud!
N=1 w=very-windy-and-sometimes-very-wet ??
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