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| The gateway to the avenue |
From the far side of the avenue our path is easy to follow into the village of Yardley Hastings.
We cross the main road opposite the shop and the village sign, and walk along Chase Park Road, past some splendid houses. The road bends to the right towards Chase Park Farm, and turns left just before the farm buildings. We walk past two large friendly pigs in an enclosure.
The bridleway takes us more or less southwest, over a disused railway, and we are soon walking with woodland on our right. We follow the woodland edge round to the south. At the end we turn right, over a disused railway line. We turn right at the track leading to Manor Farm, then follow the road Past the Manor House, the Arches and into Horton.
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| The Arches |
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| Fine tree near Ravenstone Road, Horton. |
We walk through Horton, then take a track leading towards Piddington - we emerge near Church Farm, and join the path labelled on the map as Midshires Way. This takes us to Salcey Forest and we make our way to the Cafe, where we have soup for lunch.
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| Sunset sky from Castle Ashby, just before the drive home. |
