We have nearly reached the end of our stay at Cholsey Grange CL, we head home tomorrow. So today is our last chance to have a wander in the Chiltern Hills and we have decided …
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Fawley and Stonor Park
Last year whilst staying at Cholsey Grange CL I did an interesting walk from the site which took me to the deepest well in the Chiltern Hills in the village of Fawley. When Lynnie saw …
Continue readingJamming About from Princes Risborough
After a week on my own at Cholsey Grange I popped home at the weekend to pick up Lynnie. She has been busy maintaining the garden and keeping an eye on Dexter. He is struggling …
Continue readingPishill and Russell’s Water
Yesterday was a day of thunderstorms and heavy rain so it was a case of trying to find a window between the downpours to get out and walk. I saved my main walk until early …
Continue readingSweltering in the Chiltern Hills
The weather continues to be stiflingly hot in the Chiltern Hills. I am not a creature who enjoys very hot weather, I like it warm but once it gets near 30 degrees that is too …
Continue readingAston Rowant Nature Reserve and Turville Heath
Each year when I visit Cholsey Grange CL I try to include a walk to Aston Rowant Nature Reserve. There is the option to drive nearer to the reserve and start from there, but my …
Continue readingLeygrove’s Wood and Cadmore End
A key feature of our caravan travel over recent years has been the annual fortnightly trip to Cholsey Grange CL to look after the site whilst the owners Ted and Jackie go away on holiday. …
Continue readingBagging Trig Pillars on a Circuit from Ewelme
Today I am making the short drive to Ewelme on the edge of the Chiltern Hills. We have previously done a few walks from this attractive South Oxfordshire village. The starting point for my walk …
Continue readingA Circuit to Leygrove Wood from Ibstone
A feature of the last week or so has been the way that the weather has been stunning first thing in the morning and then as the day progresses has become overcast and dreary. Not …
Continue readingMausoleums, a Deep Well and a Trig Point in the Chilterns
After a couple of days of short walks, today I am heading out for a fifteen-mile walk. Increasingly I find that at least once a week I need to lace up the boots and head …
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