16.3 km 10.1 miles Difficulty 5/10
A Chilterns walk, including a large beech wood noted for autumn colour, interesting churches and the village of Little Missenden. After tea in Old Amersham, you reach the station via a climb and another wood.
Trains:
Get the 09:57 Aylesbury Vale Parkway 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
A Tfl 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 trains leave for Baker Street at xx:18 and xx:48, faster Chiltern trains for Marylebone at 08 and 38
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 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 direct your poor aching feet past Amersham station, up Hill Ave, then right along Sycamore Road you would find a Mad Squirrel micropub after the shops (about 15 mins)
Walk Directions: here t=1.5
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N=10 at Gt Missenden and, 1 more, who missed the train doing an out and back from Amersham, makes n=11
A w=misty-start-blue-skies-later.
Up the hill to the church. The fast ones got through. The ones at the back got caught up in the 2 minute silence and stood still till the bugle finished.
No prizes for guessing who was at the back ‘sigh’. The others hurtled on to the Squirrel where food was said to be good. Those who indulged went for sides (a cheaper option).
Mr Tiger had dropped in to the earlier Red Lion, where two, planning a shorter finish, were appreciative of both the food and the service. One, a kindly benefactor, furnished Mr Tiger with some cider. But he didn’t stay long hoping to catch the others in the Squirrel.
Just too late! So it was on to Old Amersham, where two stragglers were tracked down in Seasons.
Not really expecting anyone to go to the Mad Squirrel, he settled for the station. Imagine the howls of despair when he discovered that a sizeable contingent HAD gone there. And what’s more they had sent a message. (Some new fangled thing called ‘texting’. Don’t know if you’ve heard of it.)
Anyway, Autumn has definitely arrived in the Chilterns. Colours amazing in the woods. Penn Wood deserves a special commendation
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