Phonebox Walk
Graham Edwards
Ramb ng around Emberton
1 Walk to the central entrance t o t h e lay-by a n d carefully cross the A509, you will see a finger post pointing through the hedge to a stile, with a bridge on the other side. Once through, head diagonally right across the field, to another stile in a hedge near the bottom left hand corner of the field, the path now leads down to a stile (it is the left hand one) and then a metal kissing gatethatleadsintothetopofGravelWalk. Followthis downtotheHighStreetandturnleft.
This is another easy and varied walk, clockwise from the Newport Road lay by at Prospect Place on the AS09, one mile out of Olney on the left, heading towards Newport Pagnell/ Milron Keynes.
Duration: circa 5 miles about 2 hours, mostly  at, occasionally undulating with 1 1 stiles. Includes great views across the Ouse valley towards \ estern Underwood, tl1rough Emberton Country Park, and on across the fields to the village of Petsoe End.
There are refreshments en-route at the public house in Emberton, and then afterwards in cafes etc in Olney.
  Keep to the left at the clock tower, into West Lane, and
We hope that you have enjoyed this walk, it has some fine views, particularly on a clear day  We would like to thank our dear friends Julie and Alan Smith for showing us this great walk. Itshouldbenotedthatbetweenpoints1,3 and4and5thatthereisthepossibilityof sheep, horses and various farm animals, so dogs should be kept on a lead at these times.
bluebells,however,therearepermissive paths to walk along, please respect this if you visit.
The idea behind these occasional walks is to encourage us to visit our neighbouring villages and to enjoy their surrounding countryside. The different seasons can greatly affect the scenery, with delightful flowers in the meadows and woodlands in springtime, wild fruit in autumn, and crisp, clear, frosty days in winter can often increase the distance you can see, as well as blowing away those winter cobwebs.
2 follow this for a half of a kilometre or so and turn left just before the allotments at Westpits that are in a hollow in the ground. Follow the track past the houses on the right, and then where it bears left by Blackwell Spinney (keeping the spinney on your left) take the right hand main trail and continue up the track to a Tjunction (by an oil tank). Turn right here and follow the path for a kilometre, to where the path passes through a gate into the static caravan park within Emberton Country Park; leave the static park by the main entrance and turn left into the main part of the park.
Hollington Wood is a private woodland, the woods are glorious in springtime with
 Follow the path with Grebe Lake and Heron Water
sailing lake on your right, turn right onto the path just 3 before Otter Pool, and walk between the two lakes. Once through, cross the park's perimeter road and leave the park by a gate in front of you. Turn immediately left, and in a few metres cross the A509 (caution here) to a farm gate with a stile to the right (there is a walkers sign post here), once over, continue with the hedge on your right, to a stile with a bridge. Once through turn left and walk up through the field, to a stile a few metres from
the hedge on the left.
4Cross the next field diagonally to the right hand far corner, pass through into the next field and turn right, keepthehedgeandsomeroughgroundtoyourrightfor about 250 metres, to where the path goes through the hedge to the right, turn left here. Follow the path with the hedge on your left for 500 metres or so, and then cross the Clifton Road (caution here - blind bend) to a stile in the hedge. Follow the marked path through to a stile, once over, cross the drive of Rectory Farm and go through the gate.
Keep the paddock on your left, then head diagonally 5 right to a large gate and then through the next small field to a stile and then across a further small field to a kissing gate. Cross the Newton Road and follow the lane opposite up into Petsoe End, passing Hill Farm on your left. Shortly the lane bears right and then left, just before the stone well and seat built into the wall on your right, there is a finger sign on the right to put you onto a stile in the hedge (the ground is very uneven once you
are over the stile).
Keep the hedge to your right to a further stile in the 6 corner, this leads into another field with rough ground edges, again keep the hedge on your right and follow thispathforabout100metrestothecornerofHollington Wood, turn right here to keep the woods on your left. In 100 metres or so at the top of the woods, turn left through the hedge and then immediately right, keeping the hedge on your right, then through in to another field to return to the top of the lay-by at Prospect Place and
then return to your car.
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