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CHILTERN SOCIETY WALKS Lacey Green, Parslow’s Hillock and Lily Bottom

Prestwood walk

A gently undulating route linking two attractive villages with historic pubs. This walk takes you from Lacey Green (with its landmark windmill) along the ancient track known as Grim's Ditch to Lily Bottom Lane. There is an optional detour to Parslow's Hillock and the Pink and Lily pub which has associations with the poet Rupert Brooke.

A gently undulating route linking two attractive villages with historic pubs. This walk takes you from Lacey itshours). landmark Distance:Green 2 ½ miles(with (allow 1½ Extra 1 milewindmill) for pub detour.along the ancient track known as Grim’s Ditch to Lily Bottom Lane. There With Helen Lodge Start: Kiln Lane, Lacey Green (opposite the Black Horse pub). Road-side parking near the Black Horse bus service from High is pub. an Limited optional detour toWycombe. Parslow’s Hillock and the Pink A wonderful opportunity to combine a stroll round and Lily pubdescent which associations with poet Access Information: Short fromhas Kiln Lane to the valley bottom, thenthe a climb Prestwood Nature Reserve with a lovely walk in the back up to Lily Bottom Lane. Another descent towards the end of the walk from 4 to 5 on Rupert Brooke.area. surrounding the map. The rest of the walk is fairly level.

Hillock Wood Parslow’s Hillock Little Kingshill

Peterley Manor

Peterley Wood W Farm

Peterley Manor Farm

Hampden Road

Prestwood Local Nature Reserve

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Bramley Farm

Lily Bank Farm

START: Prestwood Nature Reserve car park, Refreshments: Pubs in Lacey Green at Parslow's Hillock. Gridand ref pub SU 866 991

Distance: 2 miles (allow 1½hours). DISTANCE: 5.8 miles, with c110m of ascent Extra 1 mile forA pub detour. TERRAIN: moderate walk, with the main climb Route:

Orchard Farm

Lily Farm

Heath End Road Hatches Wood

Loosley Cherry Tree Row Farm

Ninnywood Farm

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at the start. Can be muddy in places. Walk along Kiln Lane until you leave the Lily Bank Farm to reach a minor road called Windmill 1 surfaced road and meet a crossingFour path.stiles Lily Bottom Lane. 3 Turn right here to Lower W PH Either turn right along the bridleway and MAPS: OS Explorercontinue 172 and the Chiltern walk. Society 12 then immediately left to follow it down to 2 REFRESHMENTS: The Polecat and Kings Head pubs rejoin Kiln Lane in the valley below or, for a If you wish to visit the pub at Parslow's at point 8 on the map. Otherwise, picnic Hatches more gradual descent, continue walking Hillock, turn left for about half a mile to Lane in the Nature down Kiln Lane keeping with it as itReserve curves reach a road; the Pink and Lily pubHughenden is on 2 right to meet the crossing bridleway. Valley Valley left. It was made famous by the war PUBLIC TRANSPORT: Busyour 48 (Great Missenden-High 3 Follow the bridlewayWycombe-Lane uphill alongside End). There poet Rupert Brooke who frequented it are stops near point 3 Grim's Ditch and you notice World War. onwill the mapyou andare on either before side ofthe thefirst crossroads just PH North 0 0.5 1km walking in a slight hollow with trees on south of point 8. Lacey raised banks on either side. This is an To continue the walk from 3 follow the 0 ½ mile Green ancient earthwork believed to date from lane for another half a mile, taking the before the Saxon period. second path on your right, opposite a bridleway. 4 Descend through woods to Continue along this path, which can be the valley and there turn right along Kiln 1. Exit the car park onto the road, turn left and 5. After c250m two footpaths join from the muddy in places in winter or after rain, for Lane 5 to follow it all the way back to your then left again Lane.point Walk Perks right. Take the second of these 0 paths heading about a mile until it descends slightly byinto Perks starting in up Lacey Green. Lane for c600m, going past a footpath on the through the kissing gate. Ignore the path left on a sharp right-hand bend. joining from the left and continue down, then 0 2. As the lane nears the top of the hill, turn right up the hill to a kissing gate. Go through it and into Longfi eld Wood. Follow the white arrows at the path junction continue straight ahead 26 on the trees through the Wood, staying on between two fences to a road. the main path for c1,500m until it meets a 6. Cross the road and follow the lane to Copes tall wood and wire stock fence on the left. Farm. At the end of the drive go between the Continue along this fence line until it meets a brick pillars and take the path to the rightdriveway and the brick gateposts of a large hand side of the gate. Follow this path over 1 house. Follow the driveway until it reaches a stile and through a kissing gate, continuing Hatches Lane. with the fence line on the left over a further 3. At the lane turn right and after c50m take two stiles. Once in the woods, head straight the footpath on the left. Follow it uphill, to up the hill with the fence on the left, ignoring the left side of the copse. At the brow of the other paths, to the next road. hill, continue in the same direction and look 7. Cross the road and then turn left on the for the field gate in the hedge line ahead. pavement. Continue past Hare Lane on Continue through this the right and after 200m turn right into 2 gate into the next field, heading for the far right corner. Go through Shepherds Gate. The footpath starts from the the kissing gate and turn right towards the left-hand side of the driveway straight ahead. lane. Once on the lane turn left. Go through the kissing gate and follow the 4. At the end of Pipers Lane head directly across path into a field. At the path fork take the the road junction and through the footpath left path diagonally crossing the field. At the gate behind the Cockpit Road sign. Follow track turn right on the bridleway. Continue to the path across the field and through the a kissing gate on the left, go through it and hedge line. In the next field, with the hedge follow the perimeter of the field and wood for on the right, continue to the footpath marker c400m. Then take the gate on the left into post in the corner. Here, cut straight across the woods. At the first path junction turn right the corner of the field towards the gap in to meet a road. the hedge line. Do not go through the gap, 8. Cross the road into the woods. Follow the instead turn left and follow the edge of the bridleway waymarks and keep to the leftfield with the hedge on the right. hand edge of the woods for 250m. Just

Start: Kiln Lane, Lacey Green (opposite the Black Horse pub). Road-side parking near the Black Horse pub. Limited bus service from High Wycombe.

Access Information: Short descent from Kiln Lane to the valley bottom, then a climb back up to Lily Bottom Lane. Another descent towards the end of the walk from to on the map. The rest of the walk is fairly level.

Heath End

Lily Bottom Lane

Little Chalfont

Birchmore Wood

Copes Farm

Great Kingshill

Kingswood House 5

2 Hoppers Farm

Kiln Lane 4

5 to Holmer Green

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Refreshments: Pubs in Lacey Green and pub at Parslow’s Hillock.

Route

Walk along Kiln Lane until you leave the surfaced road and meet a crossing path. Either turn right along the bridleway and then immediately left to follow it down to rejoin Kiln Lane in the valley below or, for a more gradual descent, continue walking down Kiln Lane keeping with it as it curves right to meet the crossing bridleway. Follow the bridleway uphill alongside Grim’s Ditch and you will notice you are walking in a slight hollow with trees on raised banks on either side. This is an ancient earthwork believed to date from before the Saxon period. Continue along this path, which can be muddy in places in winter or after rain, for about a mile until it descends slightly by Lily Bank Farm to reach a minor

before the dell, take the first footpath on the North left and1km follow it all the way to a road. 9. Cross the road and turn right, passing in front of½the milePolecat Inn. Take the footpath on the left at the end of the Polecat car park. Head across the gravel to the paddock beyond and through the kissing gate in the far right-hand corner. Then follow the telegraph poles down the hill, heading to the far left corner of the field. Go through3the kissing gate onto Perks Lane. Turn right and head down the hill back to the nature reserve car park.

road called Lily Bottom Lane. continue the walk.

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Points InterestHillock, turn If you wish to visit the pubof at Parslow’s Prestwood: The name has Anglo-Saxon origins left for about halfanda means milepriest-wood. to reachIt awasroad; formedthe as an Pink and District in 1849 from parts of Lily pub is on yourEcclesiastical left. It was made famous by the Great Missenden, Hughenden and Hampden. Major industries based on agriculture and war poet Rupert Brooke whowere frequented it before the making. This part of the Chilterns was first World War. furniture famous for its cherry orchards and in the 19th century Londoners took day trips to see the spring blossom.

3 follow the lane for To continue the walk from Peterley Manor Farm: Farm shop, nursery and pick taking your own. the second path on your another half a mile, 4 Descend through woods right, opposite a Helen bridleway. Lodge saw the advert asking for volunteers to walks for the Chiltern Society via Hughenden to the valley and design there turnAssociation. right along Kiln Lane 5 to Valley Residents’ While researching potential routes, it was a pleasant surprise to find follow it all the way back to your starting point in footpaths she had not previously walked. She hopes that this route has managed to capture some of the Lacey Green. stunning views in the area round Prestwood Nature Reserve. Map: Glyn Kuhn

We are a local environmental charity with about 7000 members. Our objective is to conserve the Chilterns and encourage people to explore this beautiful area. We run lots of different activities including conservation, photography, cycling and walking groups. New members and volunteers welcome. www.chilternsociety.org.uk 01494 771250

The Chiltern Society is a local charity with 6,800 members. It is one of the largest environmental groups in England directly associated with the conservation of some of the country's finest protected landscapes. The objective of the charity is to care for the Chilterns, to encourage people to explore this beautiful landscape and to conserve it for future generations. It has over 400 active volunteers who protect the Chilterns' heritage landscapes, buildings and rivers, maintain Chiltern footpaths and bridleways, publish footpath maps, lead walks, cycle rides and photographic trips, and do conservation work on ponds , commons and woodland. For details of the charity’s work and its programme of walks, cycle rides and conservation groups open to all www.chilternsociety.org 01494 771250

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‘AGE IS JUST A NUMBER!’ Pets in their later years By Fiona Mullan BSc Hons RVN VPAC

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for 2008’s Slumdog Millionaire. Miller meanwhile set about busying himself on both the small screen and the stage – a performance alongside Benedict Cumberbatch in Frankenstein at the National drew particularly effusive praise – eventually coming to rest in the U.S where he has been playing a modern-day Manhattan-based version of Sherlock Holmes. It was during the filming of Elementary – now in its fifth season – when Miller received the postcard that announced the arrival of a sequel that has since sent fans of Boyle’s iconic 1996 black comedy into raptures. “I got it here in New York,” says the 44-year-old. “It said: We’re going to have a go at T2 and will send you a script when we have one soon. I got the script and thought it was pretty good and I heard the other guys liked it too. That was a matter of months before we started. It was a pretty quick process for me.” And though more than two decades have passed since we last saw Miller as the amoral con-man Simon ‘Sick Boy’ Williamson, it was business as usual for Boyle and his boys as soon as they hit the set. “It’s very much the same; it’s about rehearsals and preparation,” he reveals. “Danny flew out to New York to visit me with the script and we sat down and read through it and we’d talk about it and I’d give him some ideas and then he’d go back to the writer and incorporate those - or just his ideas from hearing you read it out loud.

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Once you have marked your property it is best to record the details on an inventory form. Make a list of your valuables and their value which can be used for insurance purposes. It helps if you can take a photo of your jewellery and other marked belongings, as if the worst was to happen and they were stolen, it can be remarkably difficult to describe them to someone else. If you would like a FREE UV pen email communitysafety@chiltern.gov.uk please note pens are limited to one per household and subject to availability). It pays to show you are "Property Marked". Stickers placed anywhere a burglar might force an entry provide a very effective deterrent, and are also available free from the Community Safety Team. To avoid becoming a victim, follow the guidance on our websites:

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Our volunteers visit people in their own homes to help them find the practical services they need, whether it is a cleaner, gardener, dog-walker, etc. or whether they need support in talking to GPs, solicitors, other professionals or family members. Our volunteers receive an accredited induction course and on-going support with regular volunteers.

Would you like to work with people with a learning disability, to help build their self-esteem and have more say and control over their own lives? Talkback is recruiting Project Workers now to work in Buckinghamshire. If you want to join us please visit our website– www.talkback-uk.com

If you would like to find out more, please visit our website www.voicesandchoices.org.uk or telephone us on 01494 784566.

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ADVERTISE YOUR CHARITY OR NOT FOR PROFIT EVENT HERE FOR FREE Hazlemere and Widmer End Goodneighbours Including Holmer Green Are you retired and looking for something worthwhile to do to help your community? We are a group of volunteers who give lifts to local people who have no transport. This scheme enables them to keep their hospital/dentist/doctors/optician appointments. Our volunteers give as much or as little of their time as they want, maybe 1-2 hours a week or even a month. Please contact Lynne on 01494 718202 or Pam 01494 714994 Or see our website : hazlemeregoodneighbourstransport.org.uk

Citizens Advice support is now available at Chesham Library Speak to a Citizens Advice trained member of staff between 10.00am and 1.00pm every Monday and Wednesday. You can also access the Citizens Advice website from all library computers. Just ask a member of staff for assistance. 01296 382415 We welcome Text Relay calls prefix 18001

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Chess Valley

Chess Valley U3A can help you make the most of your ‘third age’, when you have stopped working full tie and an pursue your real interestss Our 44 groups range froi Art to Writngg with iost things in etweens We also hold monthly general ieetngs in Chesham, with a variety of engaging speakers, and organise outngs to iuseuisg histori houses and other pla es of interests For iore inforiatong visit our we sitee

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Male Choir Concert Pendyrus from Rhondda, S.Wales ENJOY A SOCIABLE EVENINGAND GENTLE EXERCISE BEGINNERS WELCOME NO NEED TO BRING A PARTNER

Tickets available at www.revelationlife.org.uk/choir or 03333 442505. All proceeds go to Revelation Life supporting the slum communities.

EVERY TUESDAY EXCEPT AUGUST 8.00-10.00 pm

Revelation Life is a charity organisation with a calling to support the poorest in the slums of Kampala, Uganda. We have the vision to see whole nations transformed through the love of Jesus. Follow us on Facebook (Revelation-Life) & Twitter (@Revelation_Life).

BARN HALL AMERSHAM COMMUNITY CENTRE CHILTERN AVENUE, HP6 5AH For more information phone 01494 727512

LEY HILL FLOWER CLUB

invite you to a Floral Demonstration by Sarah Harper entitled "Sunshine always follows rain" on Wednesday 1 March 2017 at 2 pm at Ley Hill Memorial Hall Entrance £6.00 on the door. Contact: (01494) 786770 WE NEED YOUR HELP! Do you live in Bucks and would you like to volunteer and take part in a rewarding and unforgettable experience? The MPS Society supports children and young adults affected by rare genetic lifelimiting diseases. If you join our team of volunteers you will be able to help us give some of these children and their siblings a great time, please email us at mps@mpssociety.org.uk

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Holmer Green Stroke Club

enjoy a morning at the Christchurch centre. Tuesdays 10am-12pm. Outings, cooking, lunches and more. Call 01494 812162 or 01494 862662 for more details To advertise please call 01494 725878

Meets on the second Wednesday of the month at 7.30pm in the Parish Centre Hall, Glebe Way, Chesham Bois. HP6 5ND. For information - 01494 721710 and Cheshamboiswi.weebly.com

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To find out more or to book a place come in and speak to our staff or call 01296 382415

Amersham Centre of the National Trust: Open to NT members, the Centre organises outings throughout the year plus Christmas lunch, monthly walks and an annual holiday – Bruges by Eurostar in March 2017. From Sept to May there are talks every 2nd Thursday at Amersham Community Centre (next to the swimming pool), 7.30pm for 8: 9th Feb ‘Aylesbury Archaeological Finds’, 9th Mar ‘Titanic: the true story’ and 13th April ‘Workaid’. Full details at: www. nationaltrust.org.uk/amersham, or email: Amersham. nt@talktalk.net 29 or email info@localdirectoryltd.co.uk

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Amersham Travel Club Meets twice monthly on Thursdays from September to April in the Barn Hall, Amersham Community Centre at 7.30pm The programme contains amusing, interesting and well illustrated talks. The next meetings of the 41st season are on 5th and 19th November and include India & Belize.

Weekly Junior Pool Club every Thursday from 5:30pm to 7:30pm If you are aged between 10- 18 and would like to learn to play Pool correctly and have some fun, then this is the place for you Weekly Sessions £3.00 Tuck shop available If you are interested then just turn up on the night Cues will be provided along with expert coaching from Eddie Barker Chesham’s Own UK Tour Pool Player.

For further details call the Programme Secretary on 01494 785853

ADVERTISE YOUR CHARITY OR NOT FOR PROFIT EVENT HERE FOR FREE Would you like to run the next

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‘CHALFONTS U3A’

is a lively, friendly group for those no longer in full-time work who seek new horizons to make the most of their spare time ahead. Over 40 different Interest Groups ranging from Walking to Table Tennis, and Local History to Theatre Trips and Excursions. Local monthly meetings with speakers on diverse subjects – and much, much more! www.chalfontsu3a.org.uk’

Amersham & District Philatelic Society holds regular meetings at Amersham Community Centre All stamp collectors very welcome.  01494 726418 www.stampersham.org.uk for our programme

Art Workshops in Amersham

Amersham Art Group are pleased to announce a new set of 3 art workshops for total of £12 on the following dates 22nd Feb, 22nd March at 7:30pm at the Amersham Community Centre (bring your own materials). Booking required by contacting us. See our website www.amersham-art-group. org.uk or email amershamartgroup@gmail.com or phone 01494 771760 for more information.

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Chalfont St. Peter Youth Centre Chalfont St Peter Youth Centre holds a weekly session for young people with ASD When: 7-8pm on Tuesday evenings It aims to provide a safe and calmer environment for young people who wish to socialise but perhaps struggle to cope with larger, louder environments s The sessions are supervised by trained adults and also from trained young volunteer helpers. These helpers are on hand for each session to interact with the young people aaending encouraging play and social skills Please call the oﬃce on 01753 883712 or email oﬃce@cspyouthcentre.org for further information

Volunteer Mentors Required New Leaf offers support to short-term offenders returning to Bucks, Berks and Oxon. We need volunteer mentors who will listen to and support offenders for at least 12 weeks after release. For more information please email anne@newleafproject.co.uk or ring 01844 202001 New Leaf, Townhill Barn, Dorton Road, Chilton, Aylesbury, HP18 9NA

FRENCH SCHOOL FOR BILINGUAL CHILDREN We welcome bilingual children on Saturday mornings at Dr Challoners High school. Classes are run school term only.

Your friendly local orchestra is looking for

We offer a French education program for children age 3 to 15.

Violin & Viola players

Playful environment delivered by qualified French native speaking staff. For more information, contact us on: http://www.123soleil.co.uk Amersham@123soleil.co.uk 07775 703 591

(other instrumentalists are welcome to apply) We perform in and around the Marlow area several times a year. We enjoy weekly rehearsals in a local church, on Thursday evenings, from 7.30 - 9.00 pm during term-time as well as social events. If you are interested in finding out more, please see our website marloworchestra.btck.co.uk

Looking for the Goshawk

Conor Mark Jameson is the author of Silent Spring Revisited, Looking for the Goshawk and Shrewdunnit: The Nature Files. Conor has written for The Guardian, BBC Wildlife, The Ecologist, Africa Geographic, NZ Wilderness, Birdwatch and Birdwatching magazines and has been a scriptwriter for the BBC Natural History Unit. Date of the Talk: Thursday 16th February 2017 | Time: 8.00pm Venue: The Russell School, Brushwood Drive, Chorleywood, WD3 5RR | Cost: £3.50 Non members are very welcome. Just come along or for more information phone 01923 897885

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Caramelised

Onion & Goats’ Cheese Pizza

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Serves 4

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This is a tasty alternative to the classic cheese and tomato pizza. Serve with a simple mixed green salad dressed with balsamic vinegar and olive oil.

Ingredients: • 3 tbsp olive oil, plus extra to drizzle • 2 large onions, peeled and thinly sliced • 2 tsp brown sugar • 2 x 145g packets pizza base mix • 2 tsp fresh chopped rosemary leaves, plus 1 tbsp small sprigs • 2 x 100g round goats’ cheeses, sliced • 5 cherry tomatoes, halved

TIP

Instead of the caramelised onions spread, the pizza base with sun-dried tomato paste then top with some cooked and drained spinach. Scatter over diced mozzarella cheese, grated parmesan cheese and some fresh chopped oregano.

Heat the olive oil in a large frying pan and add the onions. Fry over a gentle heat for 15 minutes, stirring occasionally, until softened. Add the sugar and fry for a further 10 minutes until golden brown. Leave to cool. Preheat the oven to 220C, Fan 200C, Gas Mark 7. Empty both sachets of the pizza base mix into a large bowl and stir in a large pinch of salt and the chopped rosemary leaves. Stir in 200ml hand-hot water and mix to a soft dough. Knead the dough on a lightly floured surface for 5 minutes until smooth and elastic. Roll the dough out to a 30 x 45cm oblong. Place on a greased baking sheet and turn up the edges of the base. Spread the caramelised onions over the base, then top with the sliced goats’ cheese, cherry tomatoes and rosemary sprigs. Leave in a warm place for 10 minutes. Drizzle with olive oil and season with a little salt and lots of freshly ground black pepper. Bake for 15-20 minutes until the base is golden brown.

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