Fifteen people turned up to our nineteenth walk, which was pretty good considering the Berkshire Walkers 20s & 30s group had a walk on the same day. This may have been due to the weather, which was cold but sunny with a blue sky.
We started from outside the Kings Hotel in Stokenchurch and then crossed the M40 via a footbridge to Hailey Wood and south to Bowley's Wood. The walk was a mixture of fields and woodlands, with most of the autumn leaves on the ground now.
We then headed west across fields and through Blackmoor Wood to Christmas Common. From there we went east into Queens Wood where we stopped for our picnic lunch.
After lunch we continued east to Ibstone via Launder's Farm, Northend and Hale Wood and then north through Ibstone Common. We stopped at the Fox Country Inn for a drink before continuing on through Hartmoor Wood and then across farmland and under the M40 back to Stokenchurch.
This walk was a good work-out! All the paths were either going up or down hill, with a total ascent of around 410 metres (1350 feet). My boots needed a good scrub when I got home to get all the mud off - a recommended precaution these days, to reduce the spread of Ash dieback disease. See our route on Google Maps.
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