Event led by David W
Attendance: 6 men
Distance: 7.8 miles (12.7 km)
Time: start 11:10, end 15:10, lunch 20 minutes
Terrain: grass field, mud field, woodland, track, road, pavement
Elevation: start 135m, high 198m, low 125m
Weather: overcast and warm throughout, some sunny spells in first half, light rain second half
Number of sewage works on the walk: 0
Number of golf courses on the walk: 0
Number of churches on the walk: 1
Number of listed buildings on the walk: 4
 

This was a 7.8-mile circular walk from Great Missenden in Buckinghamshire.  Starting from the village, the route went NNE to Lee Common, ESE to Pednor Bottom, SW to South Heath, then SW to return to the start point.

This walk was entirely in the Chiltern Hills Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB) and included several steep inclines and declines, as well as lots of meadows, woodlands and signs of spring (which became known to us as “ejaculations of nature”).

We were taken aback by the high number of stiles on this walk, causing us to start doing impressions of Brenda from Bristol (“Not another one?!”).

Contents:

• Pictures, with captions

• Buildings

There were four Grade II listed buildings on this walk:

• Field End Grange is a 16th century timber-framed house near Lee Common

• Pednor House is an enlarged former farmhouse of 17th century origin but converted to a large house c.1910

• The dovecote at Pednor House dates to c.1910

• The walls and gatepiers at Pednor House date to c.1910

The only church on the walk was the Methodist chapel at Lee Common, which, according to Wikipedia, was built in 1839 as a Primitive Methodist chapel and is one of the oldest Methodist chapels in Bucks.

Words and photos by Peter O’Connor.