{"id":"6984793f533dbb4b731187a8","title":"Walk 483 Peasemore Leckhampstead Chaddleworth And Brightwal","path":"walks/scrapbook/by-year/2021/volume-38-oct-to-dec-2021/walk-483-peasemore-leckhampstead-chaddleworth-and-brightwal","contentMarkdown":"# 🥾 Walk 483 - Peasemore, Leckhampstead, Chaddleworth and Brightwalton\n\nOn Sunday 24th October, we joined up with the Pang Valley Ramblers group for a nine mile walk around Peasemore, Leckhampstead, Chaddleworth and Brightwalton. Nine of us met up at Brightwalton Holt, which is barely even a hamlet. We set off up a footpath through farmland on Peasemore Hill.\n\nJust as we reached the top, the leaders got a call from a couple of latecomers, who had got lost looking for the starting point. This gave us a nice breather while they caught up with us. So it was eleven of us (a roughly equal mix BWW and PVR members) that now made our way to Peasemore village.\n\nFrom here, we made our way along quiet lanes to the hamlet of Hill Green, where we got slightly confused looking for the footpath to Leckhampstead. We soon found it, and followed it through farmland into the village.\n\n![Crossing farmland on our way to Peasemore Hill.](https://www.berksww.org.uk/scrapbooks/volume38/images/peasemore_hill.jpg)\n\nFrom Leckhampstead, we followed a quiet lane and then a series of footpaths through fields and woodland until we reached the village of Chaddleworth. Here we stopped for our picnic lunch in a field near Chaddleworth House. We sat under a large sweet chestnut tree. The prickly cases were opening and spilling their chestnuts onto the ground around us. After lunch, a couple of us collected some of the chestnuts in our empty lunch boxes and shared instructions on how to cook them.\n\nLeaving Chaddleworth, we passed Spray Wood and reached the village of Brightwalton. Looping round, we then passed through Brightwalton Green. The blue sky and white clouds we'd enjoyed throughout most of the walk were now being replaced by a threatening grey sky. The forecast had predicted rain in the afternoon!\n\nRemembering a joint walk that Alistair and Pauline had led for us once before, when there was a terrific downpour just minutes after the walk had finished, we wondered if we'd finish this walk in time. We did. It was less than a mile to the end of the walk and in fact the grey sky was a bit of an empty threat as the rain didn't start until much later in the afternoon, long after we'd gone home.\n\n![Leaving Peasemore for Hill Green.](https://www.berksww.org.uk/scrapbooks/volume38/images/hill_green.jpg)\n\nSee our route on Google Maps.\n\n![Chestnuts ready for the taking.](https://www.berksww.org.uk/scrapbooks/volume38/images/chest_nuts.jpg)\n\n*Thank you to Alistair and Pauline for inviting us to join them on this walk.*\n\n## 📸 Back to Volume 38\n\nReturn to volume index","contentHtml":"<h1>🥾 Walk 483 - Peasemore, Leckhampstead, Chaddleworth and Brightwalton</h1>\n<p>On Sunday 24th October, we joined up with the Pang Valley Ramblers group for a nine mile walk around Peasemore, Leckhampstead, Chaddleworth and Brightwalton. Nine of us met up at Brightwalton Holt, which is barely even a hamlet. We set off up a footpath through farmland on Peasemore Hill.</p>\n<p>Just as we reached the top, the leaders got a call from a couple of latecomers, who had got lost looking for the starting point. This gave us a nice breather while they caught up with us. So it was eleven of us (a roughly equal mix BWW and PVR members) that now made our way to Peasemore village.</p>\n<p>From here, we made our way along quiet lanes to the hamlet of Hill Green, where we got slightly confused looking for the footpath to Leckhampstead. We soon found it, and followed it through farmland into the village.</p>\n<p><img src=\"https://www.berksww.org.uk/scrapbooks/volume38/images/peasemore_hill.jpg\" alt=\"Crossing farmland on our way to Peasemore Hill.\"></p>\n<p>From Leckhampstead, we followed a quiet lane and then a series of footpaths through fields and woodland until we reached the village of Chaddleworth. Here we stopped for our picnic lunch in a field near Chaddleworth House. We sat under a large sweet chestnut tree. The prickly cases were opening and spilling their chestnuts onto the ground around us. After lunch, a couple of us collected some of the chestnuts in our empty lunch boxes and shared instructions on how to cook them.</p>\n<p>Leaving Chaddleworth, we passed Spray Wood and reached the village of Brightwalton. Looping round, we then passed through Brightwalton Green. The blue sky and white clouds we&#39;d enjoyed throughout most of the walk were now being replaced by a threatening grey sky. The forecast had predicted rain in the afternoon!</p>\n<p>Remembering a joint walk that Alistair and Pauline had led for us once before, when there was a terrific downpour just minutes after the walk had finished, we wondered if we&#39;d finish this walk in time. We did. It was less than a mile to the end of the walk and in fact the grey sky was a bit of an empty threat as the rain didn&#39;t start until much later in the afternoon, long after we&#39;d gone home.</p>\n<p><img src=\"https://www.berksww.org.uk/scrapbooks/volume38/images/hill_green.jpg\" alt=\"Leaving Peasemore for Hill Green.\"></p>\n<p>See our route on Google Maps.</p>\n<p><img src=\"https://www.berksww.org.uk/scrapbooks/volume38/images/chest_nuts.jpg\" alt=\"Chestnuts ready for the taking.\"></p>\n<p><em>Thank you to Alistair and Pauline for inviting us to join them on this walk.</em></p>\n<h2>📸 Back to Volume 38</h2>\n<p>Return to volume index</p>\n"}