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Got the train to Wendover and picked up where I had left off last time.09:53:38
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Wendover station is at the edge of the town and it only takes a few minutes to get out into open countryside. Albeit that I probably wasn't enjoying it at its best given the grey skies today.09:57:25
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Probably wonderful views to be had from here on a clearer day!10:07:00
Bacombe Hill.10:11:14
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Memorial to the Second (?) Boer War.10:15:24
Again, would probably be a great view in better weather!10:15:26
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Still, I tried to keep upbeat and plodded on regardless.
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A wooded section, through which I have to admit I was staring at my phone rather than being "in the moment". Because there wasn't much og a moment to be in.10:43:58
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Stopped off at this farm shop and bought some supplies.11:01:55
Part of the Chequers Estate now.
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With lots of officious warning signs accordingly.11:09:40
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The house at Chequers.
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The pub where David Cameron took President Xi a few years back. A bit too early to make this my lunch stop, and I suspected it would be a bit too gastro for my tastes.
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So I diverted from the Ridgeway somewhere around here to head to where I'd planned to stop for lunch.11:48:41
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Nice to see the ancient name of the route of which the Ridgeway forms part, finding its way onto modern street names.11:57:18
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Some pretty cottages in the village of Whiteleaf.11:58:07
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Snowdrops on the grassy bank in front of the Red Lion at Whiteleaf, where I had chosen to stop for lunch.11:59:02
Just about perfect timing!
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Inside the Red Lion. Pleasingly unfussy.12:37:18
Outside the Red Lion again after lunch.12:39:23
Whateve this climbing plant was it looked very amalgamated into the wall.12:47:24
Bit of a steep climb now to rejoin the Ridgeway.
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Atop Whiteleaf Hill, for yet another view which would probably have been very nice in better weather.12:55:23
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Some den building had been taking place here.
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Continuing along the Ridgeway.13:02:14
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Taken in portrait mode. I do seem to find these sign posts quite aesthetically pleasing.13:08:06
One last wasted view...13:09:01
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On the descent into Princes Risborough now.13:24:09
Nice to see the Icnkield Way marked again. This is where I left the Ridgeway for today.13:29:09
An interesting stone.13:42:12
Princes Risborough had some quite pretty buildings in its centre, but the shops and pubs all seemed a bit uninspiring somehow. Maybe it was just the weather and my overall lack of enthusiasm today.
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Salt anyone?14:00:09
At Princes Risborough station now.
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Back at home now, and thought I'd open a half bottle of Nyetimber out in the garden.16:41:15
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And some crisps!
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Out shopping for Burns Night. The local greengrocer had sold out of swede!18:37:39
My kilt getting its annual outing (actually it's more like once every two or three years.18:51:48
My Scotch Broth with some Highland Park and of course the tartan table cloth.19:02:51
Erika isn't really a big fan of vegetarian haggis... but she struggled through.
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Haggis neeps and tatties. Lovely.