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Time Out Country Walks near London Volume 1

Walk 8 : Bures to Sudbury

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Summary	The Fox (lunchtime pub) is more of a restaurant than a pub.

Updates	No Major Changes. Leave earlier (train nearest to 9:15). The Fox is more of a rstaurant now than a pub. Can be muddy in winter. Point [5], this path is invisible and covers a large distance of very sticky mud. Follow the italic directions and once into the middle of the (large) field, watch out for a short footpath post with a yellow arrow in the first gap in the hedge to your right (not in the wood further left). This gap is by the second large tree in the hedge from the right. This footpath post is your target. Numerous minor changes.

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No Major Changes.

Leave earlier (train nearest to 9:15).

The Fox is more of a rstaurant now than a pub.

Can be muddy in winter.

Point [5], this path is invisible and covers a large distance of very sticky mud. Follow the italic directions and once into the middle of the (large) field, watch out for a short footpath post with a yellow arrow in the first gap in the hedge to your right (not in the wood further left). This gap is by the second large tree in the hedge from the right. This footpath post is your target.

Numerous minor changes.

Feedback	[add your comment] 1 comments Posted by Marcus : Monday, 02 June, 2008 In the summer many of the paths are quite overgrown. If it has rained recently, suggest waterproof leggings/over-trousers come in handy. Some changes: Green (Penguin) edition: Page 63, Col 1, para 4: Climb over the fieldgate (the path to its left has disappeared). In 180 metres the farmer has lowered the fence to allow egress. Page 64, Col 1, para 3: go through the deer protection gate to the right of the footpath on a permissive path. Aim for the left hand corner of the field via meandering paths. Exit in 300 metres via another deer protection gate. Page 64, Col 2, para 1: after 380 metres of the leg along the left hand side of the field, look right and you can see the point on the other side of the field (in italics in the text) where you go uphill on an overgrown path. Page 65, Col 1, para 1: it's at this point you have the choice of going on the more interesting and enjoyable Stour Valley / St Edmund Way path. Pick up the footpath having walked through the churchyard and crossed the road, and just keep heading north on well marked paths for the next mile plus. Rejoin the main route at point 6 (page 66, Col 2 para 2). You cross the broad track and keep ahead, going downhill. If you take this route, you by-pass the lunch pub, so wait until the excellent Mill Hotel, Sudbury, or bring a picnic.

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Marcus : Monday, 02 June, 2008

In the summer many of the paths are quite overgrown. If it has rained recently, suggest waterproof leggings/over-trousers come in handy.

Some changes: Green (Penguin) edition:

Page 63, Col 1, para 4: Climb over the fieldgate (the path to its left has disappeared). In 180 metres the farmer has lowered the fence to allow egress.
Page 64, Col 1, para 3: go through the deer protection gate to the right of the footpath on a permissive path. Aim for the left hand corner of the field via meandering paths. Exit in 300 metres via another deer protection gate.
Page 64, Col 2, para 1: after 380 metres of the leg along the left hand side of the field, look right and you can see the point on the other side of the field (in italics in the text) where you go uphill on an overgrown path.
Page 65, Col 1, para 1: it's at this point you have the choice of going on the more interesting and enjoyable Stour Valley / St Edmund Way path. Pick up the footpath having walked through the churchyard and crossed the road, and just keep heading north on well marked paths for the next mile plus. Rejoin the main route at point 6 (page 66, Col 2 para 2). You cross the broad track and keep ahead, going downhill. If you take this route, you by-pass the lunch pub, so wait until the excellent Mill Hotel, Sudbury, or bring a picnic.

Older Updates	Edition	Date	Page	Location	Update
	green				Or avoid the sticky mud by staying on the road as mentioned in the book.
	green	Nov-05		lunch	The Fox is now open again. It describes itself as a Bistro/Pub. I didn't go in, but it looked more like a restaurant than a pub.
	blue		60	saturday walkers club	Currently these trains are hourly. Taking the train nearest 10:15am requires a brisk pace to reach the lunch pub before they close for lunch at 2pm. To be sure of lunch, the train nearest 09:15am would be wiser.
	green	Feb-03	60	col 2	Saturday Walkers Club, Take the train nearest to 9.15am instead of 10.15am, so as to get to lunch in time without an excessive pace in the morning. this would be the 8.47am train.
	red		63	col 1	14 lines up. "The metal fieldgate with Valley Farm written on it is presently off its hinges and propped against a fence" (James Dixon).
	red		63	col 2	Line 1. "Couldn't find the metal fieldgate or the stile. Walk down the right-hand track towards the farm" (James Dixon).
	green	Feb-03	63	col 2, para 2	No sign of a dog, boisterous or otherwise at this point.
	green	Feb-03	64	col 1, para 2	The lower field is boggy so following the edge of the upper field is slightly easier, though bumpy.
	green	Feb-03	64	col 1, last para	The stile is temporarily missing, though its foundations can be seen.
	green		64	col 2, para 1	turn right up the hill. If this takes you towards farm buildings and noisy dogs on a car wide track then you have missed the turning, probably by failing to count the missing stile in the previous note. The earlier correct right turn leads into a blind fenced off corner. "In 80 metres" - "as" not "gas" obviously.
	green	Feb-03	64	col 2	[5], this path is invisible and covers a large distance of very sticky mud. Follow the italic directions and once into the middle of the (large) field, watch out for a short footpath post with a yellow arrow in the first gap in the hedge to your right (not in the wood further left). This gap is by the second large tree in the hedge from the right. This footpath post is your target.
	blue	Feb-02	65	para 3 in italics	The path from the road, across the first and largest field to the lunch pub at Bulmer Tye has been completely obliterated by ploughing up and planting with crops. It is slow and muddy progress and important to look out carefully for the footpath post in the hedge to keep the correct direction.
	green	Feb-03	65	col 1, para 1	This path diversion has become permanent. On coming out to the road there is now a footpath sign and the fingerpost pointing between the houses has gone.
	green	Feb-03	65	col 1, last para	The half dead Oak has become a large live Oak followed by an Oak stump. Follow the italic instruction at the Oak stump.
	green	Feb-03	65	col 2, para 1	It may be preferable not to turn left over the tree trunk onto the bridleway but to continue straight on with the footpath to the road.
	red		66	col 1	Last line. "The footpath sign has been knocked flat" (James Dixon).
	green	Feb-03	66	col 1, para 2	The path beyond the wooden swing gate is under imminent threat of closure. The period for objections ended in late January. At present the footpath signs at both ends of this path are still there, but be prepared for an alternative route here from the field to the main road, as shown on a map by the gate.
	green	Feb-03	66	col 2, para 2	After passing the stile, on the left the field has been planted with trees.