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Time Out Country Walks near London Volume 2

Walk 5 : Tring Circular

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Summary	No Major Changes.

Updates	Posted by Peter C Also see : All Book 2 Major Updates (PDF) Main walk [Aug04][Jul06] p58 column 2, para 5, second sentence: “100 metres later cross a stile”: stile seems to have disappeared [Aug04][July06] p59, column 1, para 1 "to cross another stile to the right of a metal gate ..." The stile is to the left of the metal gate Berkhamsted extension [Aug04][Jul06] p64, column one, para five: one stile before the Alpine Meadow Nature Reserve and two after it have been replaced by metal kissing gates, and there is also a new wooden kissing gate in the second section of wood [Aug04][July 06] p64, column two, paras two and three. At the junction of the four hedges, the onward route now runs to the left of the hedge, rather than to the right as in the book. As the track turns left, simply keep straight on, through a hedge gap into the next field, keeping the tall hedge boundary to your right as you carry on down a long hill. At the bottom of the hill, follow the field boundary round to the left. In its far corner, under a line of mini pylons, go right through a gap into the next field, and then immediately left through a metal kissing gate, and then right beyond that onto a path that follows the line of the mini pylons, with a sports field on your right. You can now just carry on straight and this will bring you to the station, but for more details see the directions on p64, column two, paras four and following. Tea places [Aug04] The Lunch and Tea Place section on p65 mentions the Ashridge Visitor Centre and the Bridgewater Monument tea kiosk as separate places: they are in fact one and the same, and not in Berkhamsted or Albury. The correct location of the tea kiosk is given in the text and on the map. [Aug04][Jul06] The Town Farm Tea Rooms in Aldbury have now closed [Aug04][July06] If you want tea after finishing the Tring to Berkhamsted extension, the cafe in Waitrose, on the right just beyond the canal (see directions in the book on the route to the High Street) is a good bet. It has a huge range of cakes, and is open till 7pm on Saturday, though only 4pm on Sunday. Otherwise, Berkhamsted High Street has other tea options You can also post your own updates by using the COMMENT function on this page Thanks to Miriam for her comments, which I have checked on the ground and incorporated above

Updates

Posted by Peter C

Also see : All Book 2 Major Updates (PDF)

Main walk

[Aug04][Jul06] p58 column 2, para 5, second sentence: “100 metres later cross a stile”: stile seems to have disappeared

[Aug04][July06] p59, column 1, para 1 "to cross another stile to the right of a metal gate ..." The stile is to the left of the metal gate

Berkhamsted extension

[Aug04][Jul06] p64, column one, para five: one stile before the Alpine Meadow Nature Reserve and two after it have been replaced by metal kissing gates, and there is also a new wooden kissing gate in the second section of wood

[Aug04][July 06] p64, column two, paras two and three. At the junction of the four hedges, the onward route now runs to the left of the hedge, rather than to the right as in the book. As the track turns left, simply keep straight on, through a hedge gap into the next field, keeping the tall hedge boundary to your right as you carry on down a long hill. At the bottom of the hill, follow the field boundary round to the left. In its far corner, under a line of mini pylons, go right through a gap into the next field, and then immediately left through a metal kissing gate, and then right beyond that onto a path that follows the line of the mini pylons, with a sports field on your right. You can now just carry on straight and this will bring you to the station, but for more details see the directions on p64, column two, paras four and following.

Tea places

[Aug04] The Lunch and Tea Place section on p65 mentions the Ashridge Visitor Centre and the Bridgewater Monument tea kiosk as separate places: they are in fact one and the same, and not in Berkhamsted or Albury. The correct location of the tea kiosk is given in the text and on the map.

[Aug04][Jul06] The Town Farm Tea Rooms in Aldbury have now closed

[Aug04][July06] If you want tea after finishing the Tring to Berkhamsted extension, the cafe in Waitrose, on the right just beyond the canal (see directions in the book on the route to the High Street) is a good bet. It has a huge range of cakes, and is open till 7pm on Saturday, though only 4pm on Sunday. Otherwise, Berkhamsted High Street has other tea options

You can also post your own updates by using the COMMENT function on this page

Thanks to Miriam for her comments, which I have checked on the ground and incorporated above

Feedback	[add your comment] 1 comments Posted by Miriam : Monday, 02 June, 2008 Shortcut to Berkhamsted extension: Two of us did this on 31 May and a couple of points arise. Para 1: Beyond the parking lot, if you turn left you enter the paddock so it would be clearer to say that you go downhill for 30 metres before going left, having ignored the entrance to the paddock. Para 4: At the point of convergence with the path on the right (which hasn't ascended noticeably so that is a bit confusing), to get to Old Copse Lodge, you have to turn left for about 30 metres. Then you pass Old Copse Lodge and presumably go straight ahead. We however turned left at Old Copse Lodge as it appears to direct and consequently came out on the B4506 about half a mile left of where we should have been. Hope this can be clarified as the shortcut to the extension is a good idea.

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Miriam : Monday, 02 June, 2008

Shortcut to Berkhamsted extension:
Two of us did this on 31 May and a couple of points arise.
Para 1: Beyond the parking lot, if you turn left you enter the paddock so it would be clearer to say that you go downhill for 30 metres before going left, having ignored the entrance to the paddock.
Para 4: At the point of convergence with the path on the right (which hasn't ascended noticeably so that is a bit confusing), to get to Old Copse Lodge, you have to turn left for about 30 metres. Then you pass Old Copse Lodge and presumably go straight ahead. We however turned left at Old Copse Lodge as it appears to direct and consequently came out on the B4506 about half a mile left of where we should have been.
Hope this can be clarified as the shortcut to the extension is a good idea.