Wed 16 July 2025 COOKHAM TO BURNHAM VIA BURNHAM BEECHES - Dick D

From Cookham station we walk to fields beside the Thames, which we cross in the centre of Cookham. From there we climb steadily but gently to Hedsor, with a brief section on road before moving to fields and woods. We enter Burnham Beeches and continue to our lunch stop at The Beeches Eco Café. After lunch we continue through Burnham Beeches, with some road walking before Cocksherd Wood and the greenery of the Lynch Hill Valley which takes us (almost) to Burnham station.

01. Leader with map

02. Straight into countryside

03. Thames at Cookham

04. Climbing stiles, and avoiding stiles

05. Route through bearded barley

06. A horsy duo

07. Blackberrying en route

08. Inspecting the mud!

09. Chance encounter with fellow ramblers

10. A chance missed encounter

11. Burnham Wood

12. … and kingfishers

Photos: Ruth