The Ampthill to Haynes section of The Greensand Ridge Walk (3rd leg) is 8.8 miles long. In fact as I had curtailed my second day’s walk (see here) I reached Ampthill on my third day (after only walking from Ridgmont) and therefore had time and energy to continue several miles further. I did not make…
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THE GREENSAND RIDGE WALK – Woburn to Ampthill (Part 2)
Early on a promising Summer morning I returned to the village of Ridgmont to complete the second section of The Greensand Ridge Walk which I had curtailed due to gloomy weather the week before. (Details of part 1 here). The butterfly trail in the village was still in existence and just after I crossed over…
The End of Autumn – A Circular Walk from Ampthill (Part 2)
We left Clophill by following part of the Greensand Ridge Walk and carefully crossed the A6 at Deadman Hill. I must have been too young to have heard about the murder which took place just off the layby here in 1961, but I do remember as a child the story being mentioned on…