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Bridleway Walk 8th September 2001
What a pleasant autumn afternoon walk 18 of us had from Stonehenge Station on Miletree Road to Hockliffe Church and back on Saturday, September 8, led by Stephen Halton of the Greensand Trust.

We passed through little known parts of the Parish, on Bridleway 3 between the upper reach of the Winterbourne stream, a tributary of Clipstone Brook and a new wood, over a wooden bridge (the parish boundary) onto Footpath 14 and through a field of oilseed rape about to be harvested. The last stretch was along a lane to Hockliffe, then through fields again to the churchyard, with a good view south to the Chilterns and west towards Leighton Buzzard. We returned, against the wind, along this ancient route connecting the two parishes.

Thanks to the Leighton Buzzard Narrow Gauge Railway Society for letting us park at the station. One day we may have a permissive path from Heath and Reach village to the station.Special thanks to Stephen for arranging the parking and leading the walk.

Stephen Halton has kindly taken photographs and I will be adding them shortly.
A guided walk around Kings Wood and Rammamere Heath, near Stockgrove (entrance shown left), on the evening of Thursday 16th July 2001 was organised by the Greensand Trust. It was attended by 9 locals plus one dog. Phil Irving, from the Greensand Trust, was our guide.
Left: The predominant species of oak is sessile. You can tell them from the other species, pedunculate, because on sessile oaks the acorns are anchored directly on the leaf stems.

Right: the footpath has been diverted to allow an area to recover.
Left: Pillow moss is common in the woods. It can become completely detached from the ground and be moved by the wind, like tumbleweed.
Left: Tufted vetch.
Above: Heather quickly re-establishes itself after the volunteers have cleared the bracken. The seeds can lay dormant underground for years.
Left: The pet cemetery in Kings wood. One acre plots of the wood were sold off in the 1960s to local people but the organisation are trying to purchase them all so that the wood can be managed as a whole.
Above: Yellow Rattle (Rhinanthus minor) Above: Heath Speedwell (Veronica officinalis) Above: Wood Sage (Teucrium scorodonia)
Right: Birdsfoot Trefoil (Lotus corniculatus)
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