Walk pictures - Berkhamsted

Introduction

For the Spring bank holiday, Mum and Dad came up to Berkhamsted where we met to do a short circular walk.

Canal

We left Berkhamsted station along the canal towpath, passing Gas Lock 1 and Gas Lock 2. Disappointingly, nothing remains of the old gasworks except the lock names.

Road bridge.

1/250 at f8, 23mm, ISO200 51°45′44″N 0°33′48″W

Factory building (appears to be making plastic pipes).

1/500 at f8, 23mm, ISO200 51°45′59″N 0°34′45″W

£2.50 canal bridge. (Probably the price was once for an angling permit.)

1/250 at f8, 23mm, ISO200 51°46′15″N 0°35′18″W

After a short detour to look at the church and buildings of Northchurch (a Berkhamsted suburb, presumably named that way because it's slightly to the north and has a church), we crossed the canal then left the road on an ill-defined footpath into the woods of Northchurch Common.

Trees and grass.

1/250 at f8, 23mm, ISO200 51°46′38″N 0°34′56″W

Old tree.

1/250 at f8, 23mm, ISO200 51°47′27″N 0°35′31″W

We ate lunch sitting on a tree branch in a pleasant but rather windy spot, on the edge of a large open space plagued by dog-walkers. After that, following Grim's Ditch for a part of the way, we reached Aldbury.

Aldbury

Aldbury is an exceedingly twee village, but it does have a shop where we bought ice creams. We also had a look around the church, and at the book sale in the village hall.

But we didn't make use of the stocks.

1/250 at f8, 23mm, ISO200 51°48′9″N 0°36′7″W

Memorial in church with skulls.

1/15 at f2, 23mm, ISO800 51°48′8″N 0°36′15″W

Flower arrangement.

1/125 at f5.6, 23mm, ISO400 51°48′8″N 0°36′15″W

Back to Berkhamsted

We returned to Berkhamsted along footpaths through the woods.

Mum standing on the trunk of a rather large fallen tree.

1/500 at f8, 23mm, ISO200 51°47′56″N 0°35′38″W

Bluebells.

1/250 at f8, 23mm, ISO200 51°47′56″N 0°35′35″W

Another old tree.

1/500 at f8, 23mm, ISO200 51°47′53″N 0°35′22″W

Berkhamsted Castle

There's a castle in Berkhamsted, although it's a little the worse for wear. It's free to enter; you can normally just wander around it, although some of it was fenced off when we visited.