| Distance from Rufus
Stone. |
Rufus Stone |
270125 |
| |
The first 0. 75
mile is an ancient track with occasional square pipe-line inspection points. It is not as
easy to follow as in olden times, but seldom veers away from the direction in which we
start - ENE |
|
| 0.0 miles |
In the car park,
with the Rufus Stone behind you, walk ENE past the prominent holly tree ahead to reach a
second holly bush. Here take the right-hand broad track with WALLACE carved on a tree on
the left. |
ENE |
| |
Continue on the more
open track to cross a concrete-bagged ford by a broken paling fence at the north corner of
enfenced Malwood Farm. |
ENE |
| 0.3 miles |
Go straight on, down
the path strewn with large fallen trees, and into a clearing. Take the broad grassy
pathway slightly to the left for 100 yds. |
ENE |
| |
Here on our left
is a copse of holly bushes and a low earth ridge marking the site of an ancient hunting
lodge. |
|
| 0.55 miles |
Leave the site of
the Hunting lodge on your left, and continue along the broad grassy pathway slightly right
for about a further 350 yards. |
ENE |
| |
Our way ahead is
NE - as we leave our ancient track & head for Wittensford, 0.45 miles away. But first
we could go into the clearing on our right to see if deer are there. |
|
| 0.75 miles |
Take the marked way
slightly off to the left through the wood, keep on for some 350 yards, and stop at a small
holly bush in the middle of the pathway. You will see a fallen tree about 40 yards further
on. |
NE |
| |
Wittensford is
now the other side of Little Eye Green to our left. |
|
| 0.95 miles |
Turn half left - NNE
- and take the indistinct track across Little Eye Green to the two conspicuous conifers
and oak tree ahead. |
NNE |
| |
The B3079 road
to Wittensford is about 80 yards ahead of us. |
|
| 1.1 miles |
Go straight ahead
and turn left on reaching the road. |
N |
| 1.2 miles |
Turn left on to the
Wittensford bridge. |
WNW |
| 1.2 miles |
B3079 at the
MINSTEAD / BRAMSHAW boundary.
35 minutes walking from start |
284137 |
