🥾 Walk 92 - Maidenhead Thicket and Knowl Hill

Sunday 9th March 2014 saw 16 of us gather at the car park at Maidenhead Thicket in glorious Spring sunshine for an 8½ mile walk led by Christine. The first task was to decide what to wear and most of us discarded a layer or two - some even paring down to short sleeves!

We set off, walking along the southernmost edge of Maidenhead Thicket - at one point needing to take a detour as the path was still flooded due to the prolific rain we had a few weeks back! We then proceeded through farmland before following the Knowl Hill Bridleway up towards Bowsey Hill.

Next we followed the Chiltern Way through attractive sun-dappled woodland to our lunch stop near Warren Row where a fallen tree offered us an impromptu seat. Here we sat munching our picnics and enjoying the warmth before continuing on to Ashley Hill.

Along the way there were some splendid signs of Spring – snowdrops (unfortunately now past their best) and masses of golden daffodils as well as delicate white blossom on the trees.

We made a second detour – this time to the Dew Drop Inn for some liquid refreshment and someone was even tempted by some cheesecake! We enjoyed sitting outside at the picnic tables in the sunshine – it could almost have been a summer’s day!

The last leg of the walk took us round the edge of Ashley Hill Forest before passing by Burchett’s Green. More fields followed – a visual feast of green grass and blue sky - then Robin Hood’s Arbour on the Northern part of Maidenhead Thicket, which led us back to the car park where we had begun.

Thank you Julia for the write-up and the photographs of this walk.

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