Sunday 6 March 2011

Ancient lanes

Today the sun enticed us to try a new walk along the Chess valley and up over Pednor, an ancient packhorse route through the Chilterns. High above Red Kites played on the thermals mewing and mating in the spring sunshine, five or six together. On the steep verges white and purple violets are now in flower and catkins shiver in the wind. Though we were on the lanes more than footpaths only a couple of cars passed us, and though the walkers and cyclists were out in force, it was so quiet. The beech trees still bare cresting the parallel ridges, the farmsteads nestling in the long valleys, sheep the colour of the bleached winter grass, newly ploughed fields the colour of rich chocolate: beautiful!
Bury Pond where the submerged watercourse feeds into the Chess. 
Looking across Rose Acre to Friars Hills

Little Pednor Farm - amazing Arts & Crafts manor house, and the lane cuts right through the courtyard!
The farm at Pednor Bottom
The ridge that becomes Chartridge.

2 comments:

  1. I'm not sure exactly where Pednor is, but it looks very familiar, as if I've walked there before. I love dipping into your blog to find pictures from the Chilterns. It's so cheering.

    Miss W

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  2. Thankyou Miss Whistle - it's nice to know you're enjoying the view along with me!

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