{"id":"69847941533dbb4b731187dc","title":"Walk 465 Nettlebed Estate","path":"walks/scrapbook/by-year/2021/volume-37-jul-to-sep-2021/walk-465-nettlebed-estate","contentMarkdown":"# 🥾 Walk 465 - Nettlebed Estate\n\nOn Saturday 10th July, Tim led a 10-mile walk for us, exploring the Nettlebed Estate. The early morning rain had finished by the time eight of us (including four guests) assembled outside the Red Lion pub in Rotherfield Peppard. After the usual introductory speech from the leader, we set off in the direction of Shepherd's Green.\n\nA few narrow, tree-lined paths brought us to the edge of Shepherd's Green and then it was more open footpaths through farmland to Bromsden Farm. Here we stopped to admire a statue of a horseman, incongruously standing in a field.\n\nRumour has it, that this fibreglass statue was a prop used on the James Bond film \"Golden Eye\". Apparently, it once sported Pegasus-like wings. [Information courtesy of Mark Percy.] I shall look out for it when I next watch that film.\n\n![Stopping in Bromsden Farm to admire the statue.](https://www.berksww.org.uk/scrapbooks/volume37/images/bromsden_farm.jpg)\n\nA curved route took us through woodland to Lower Highmoor and the Nettlebed Estate. Then crossing a field of oats brought us to Nettlebed where we were confronted by a farm shop and cafe called The Cheese Shed.\n\nWe opted to have our packed lunches first and then stop there for coffee and cake. The open-sided barn with spacious seating inside and out was eminently suitable for a mixed party such as ours in these pandemic times.\n\nThe return route passed through the woodland of Devil's Hill and Nott Wood, the open fields of Newnhamhill Farm, then woodland again through Bear Wood and Ovey Wood. Finally, Greatbottom Wood and Littlebottom Wood brought us back to the starting point of the walk. See our route on Google Maps.\n\n![Statue of a Horseman and Bromsden Farm.](https://www.berksww.org.uk/scrapbooks/volume37/images/bromsden_statue.jpg)\n\nDuring the second part of the walk, the leader realised he didn't have his car keys with him. We've all had that sinking feeling at sometime, so we were all sympathetic. Quite surprisingly, when we got back to the cars, the leader discovered his keys - still in the ignition of his unlocked car!\n\n![The Cheese Shed farm shop and cafe.](https://www.berksww.org.uk/scrapbooks/volume37/images/the_cheese_shed.jpg)\n\n*Thank you to Tim for leading this walk.*\n\n## 📸 Back to Volume 37\n\nReturn to volume index","contentHtml":"<h1>🥾 Walk 465 - Nettlebed Estate</h1>\n<p>On Saturday 10th July, Tim led a 10-mile walk for us, exploring the Nettlebed Estate. The early morning rain had finished by the time eight of us (including four guests) assembled outside the Red Lion pub in Rotherfield Peppard. After the usual introductory speech from the leader, we set off in the direction of Shepherd&#39;s Green.</p>\n<p>A few narrow, tree-lined paths brought us to the edge of Shepherd&#39;s Green and then it was more open footpaths through farmland to Bromsden Farm. Here we stopped to admire a statue of a horseman, incongruously standing in a field.</p>\n<p>Rumour has it, that this fibreglass statue was a prop used on the James Bond film &quot;Golden Eye&quot;. Apparently, it once sported Pegasus-like wings. [Information courtesy of Mark Percy.] I shall look out for it when I next watch that film.</p>\n<p><img src=\"https://www.berksww.org.uk/scrapbooks/volume37/images/bromsden_farm.jpg\" alt=\"Stopping in Bromsden Farm to admire the statue.\"></p>\n<p>A curved route took us through woodland to Lower Highmoor and the Nettlebed Estate. Then crossing a field of oats brought us to Nettlebed where we were confronted by a farm shop and cafe called The Cheese Shed.</p>\n<p>We opted to have our packed lunches first and then stop there for coffee and cake. The open-sided barn with spacious seating inside and out was eminently suitable for a mixed party such as ours in these pandemic times.</p>\n<p>The return route passed through the woodland of Devil&#39;s Hill and Nott Wood, the open fields of Newnhamhill Farm, then woodland again through Bear Wood and Ovey Wood. Finally, Greatbottom Wood and Littlebottom Wood brought us back to the starting point of the walk. See our route on Google Maps.</p>\n<p><img src=\"https://www.berksww.org.uk/scrapbooks/volume37/images/bromsden_statue.jpg\" alt=\"Statue of a Horseman and Bromsden Farm.\"></p>\n<p>During the second part of the walk, the leader realised he didn&#39;t have his car keys with him. We&#39;ve all had that sinking feeling at sometime, so we were all sympathetic. Quite surprisingly, when we got back to the cars, the leader discovered his keys - still in the ignition of his unlocked car!</p>\n<p><img src=\"https://www.berksww.org.uk/scrapbooks/volume37/images/the_cheese_shed.jpg\" alt=\"The Cheese Shed farm shop and cafe.\"></p>\n<p><em>Thank you to Tim for leading this walk.</em></p>\n<h2>📸 Back to Volume 37</h2>\n<p>Return to volume index</p>\n"}