Sat 17 August 2019 - 10 miles - AMERSHAM CIRCULAR -  Leader: Richard G

We will follow the beautiful Misbourne Valley and lunch in Chalfont St. Giles. Chance to see the cottage, now a museum, where John Milton completed Paradise Lost. Lunch: Bring a picnic or choice of pubs and cafes in Chalfont St. Giles.

Just outside Amersham, the memorial to the seven early 16th century Amersham martyrs, burnt at the stake for heresy

Picnic by the duck pond at Chalfont St Giles

Group investigates Milton’s cottage at Chalfont St Giles;

A nearly scary moment when some (very) large horses obstruct our narrow underpass…but they were (a bit too) friendly;

Through the cornfields on the return journey.

We arrive at Old Amersham to complete the circuit, background is St Mary’s Old Amersham –where among others Ruth Ellis is buried, the last person to be hanged

 A final surprise.  The station is a mile up the hill through woods, so we catch our breath before heading for the train  home.

Out of the woods - Amersham

Golfing - Harewood Downs

Exiting Chalfont Saint Giles

50 + 1 but don’t count!

Amersham wheat 🌾 field

Photos: Ruth, Robert