Despite a beautiful morning there were only 2 walkers on this 7 mile walk which commenced at The Boot in Kimpton. We left The Boot & crossed the High Street to leave it at the school boundary. We walked behind the recreation ground & then parallel to the B651 before crossing it at the top of the hill. The track then led into Prior's Wood where we found a strange metal object firmly planted into the ground. Did it come from an alien spaceship?
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| Lynn & Tony at the strange metal object |
We continued through the woods.
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| Priors Wood |
We then passed the new church in Ayot St Lawrence & shortly afterwards stopped for a coffee & banana break. Later we passed the old church & the village pub before leaving the road on the Hertfordshire Way. which we followed to Codicote Bottom. Here we crossed the River Mimran & followed it upstream to pass Kimpton Mill & eventually join the drive to The Hoo at Duck Trap Wood. We followed the drive for a short while crossing the ornamental bridge over a non- existent river. We left the drive through a gate on the left to climb past many chestnut trees. This led us to cross the Hitchin Road at Cuckolds Cross, We skirted several fields before entering a small wood.
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| Exit from the small wood |
After its exit we overlooked Kimpton where we could see a view of the church.
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| Kimpton church |
We then walked downhill to arrive at The Boot where we were grateful to find they were still serving food which we had ordered before setting out. Tony was pleasantly surprised to find they served a decent bitter rather than simply lager as seems the norm nowadays. A great walk on a lovely day.
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| Track of walk, walked in anti-clockwise direction. |
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