A short walk from West Wycombe

We had an weekend visit from Stuart, our younger son. This was  a nice surprise, but not good for our waistlines. Firstly, we only took a short walk on Saturday - while Stuart slept after an all-night gig. Secondly, we had a traditional Sunday roast rather than the less calorific meal we'd planned.

The weather forecast had accurately predicted that it would turn sunny and cold overnight on Thursday. These conditions continued into Saturday, so scarves and beanie hats were in order for our walk from West Wycombe Garden Centre. We climbed up to the mausoleum and then walked rather further along the ridge than Rosie had planned as we missed the path down to the Chinnor road and had to re-trace our steps. That path, once we'd found it, was mostly on exposed chalk and very slippery. Only one of us made contact with the path with her bottom.

Having descended to the road, we immediately climbed up to Coxshoots Wood, and then diagonally back down to the A40 and to the garden centre. After changing  out of our boots, we took a tour around the 'deli' attached to the garden centre to look at the pies, cheese and bread that we're not eating at the moment.

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