Walk 3 - Bayford to Little Berkhamstead

A shorter walk this time - 5.5 miles - so ideal for an early evening and finishing up with a meal!

The start of the walk was the least interesting along cinder tracks and roads - but we passed the ventilation shafts for the Ponsbourne railway tunnel - Jean was convinced that a much grander structure on the other side of the track was another shaft but I pointed out that it was about 400 m from the tunnel - but it turned out to be the Brookmans Park navigation aid....

As we began to turn for home we walked through fields largely bordered by mature oaks with acorns beginning to swell. Most of the fields are now harvested with huge bales of straw left behind. Plenty of wildlife as we walked along - lots of woodpeckers and some very impressive fungi.

The pattern of sunlight through the trees was particularly attractive with the sun low in the sky. After sunshine all the way as we walked past the mansions of Bayford the clouds began to gather and our intention to eat outside at the Bakers Arms was curtailed by a heavy shower.