Coleshill Walk

Pages 48, 51, 53, 55 change upper right header to Coleshill

Page 48 Accommodation change to Carpenters Canteen Tel: 01793 228822 Opening 10- 3.30 daily 

Page 50 para 2 line 2 insert after uphill, at a metal kissing gate

Page 50 para 2 insert behind the castle are a number of wind turbines providing a new form of energy succeeding that of the eleventh century watermill in Coleshill village.

Page 50, para 5 line 6 to cross a (delete double) stile

Page 50, para 5 line 9 insert along a track beside the edge of a field

Page 53, para 2 line 4 add after base of the hill.It is worth turnng to look back at the tithe barn in its landscape context.

Page 53 para 5 line 2 Insert in the same direction (W) as the purple sign delete a small gate

Page 53 para 5 line 3 delete due north ahead and substitute to north west

Page 54 para 2 line 1 replace track with drive but add continue on the track half left (SW) of the cow sheds delete continue through the farmyard add coffee and snacks are sometimes available at Brimstone Farm.

Page 54 para 2 line 7 over the stile and ditch. 

Combe walk 

page 57, White Horse Inn phone number now 01993 891063, website www.whitehorsestonesfield.co.uk

in Taxis after Stonesfield  add Townhouse Executive Travel Ltd, Bladon Tel: 077667 43081 email townhousewoodstock@gmail.com

Combe Travel Taxis Tel: 01993 891888

Town Cars Banbury Tel: 01295 277070 / 01295 367100

page 68 box, add grid ref SP 416150  Post code OX29 8ET

Page 59 para 1 line 6   and.. delete an replace with several Atlas Cedars with their spreading..

Page 61 para 1 line 1   immediately after.. delete another group of copper beeches, .. turn                                                   left

para 1 line 2                 parkland .. insert (NB not the half-right direction that the sign points                                              to). Delete aiming replace with Instead, aim .. for a gap

para 1 line 3                 ..trees delete two fields replace with one field.. ahead. Delete Go                                                     through the kissing gate and walk replace with . Walk across the                                                      field… insert past another clump of trees… continuing

Para 1 line 4                .. At the next insert kissing... gate

Page 65 para 1 line 1   ..turn sharp left (S) insert from the exit .. along the inside

Page 66 Box line 10    ..parking. Insert NB. However, there is a safer and more pleasant route                                            back through the village passing the pub.  To do this continue straight                                             ahead from the lane (NE) uphill on Robin Hill towards the centre of                                           the village.  The pub and tearooms are on the left, but it is possible to                                          bear right along Church Walk passing the community centre along                                         Park Road (E) out of the village to arrive at the small triangular green                                             before the Combe Lodge car parking.

East and West Hanney walk 

page 76  para 2 line 1 change to 'Norman doorway on the south side.          This doorway arch ...'

page 77 box     add mill post code OX12 0EN

page 80            add postcode for Venn mill OX13 5PA 

Great Haseley walk              

page 81 Taxis Milton Common Delete Cab Co and change to Britannia Cars

page 85 para 1, line 11 after 'of the wood' add 'go along the track south within the wood,' then                             substitute for 'the open metal gates'  'at the gap on the edge of the wood.'

page 86 Stadhampton watermill box add postcode OX44 7UP

page 91 Great Haseley windmill box add postcode OX44 7LX

Lacey Green walk                

p. 93    Add postcode to start place

            Transport section Buses add after Loosley Row (Lacey Green) in brackets High ??

p. 95    Para 1 line 1 change to Once having left the car park and ?? the woodland…

p. 96    Para 4 line 3 after downhill (beware there are remains of wooden steps here) to meet         several

            Para 4 line 4 delete from post .. with the purple sign.. beyond the triangle green

            Para 6 line 1 to reach a kissing gate beside…

            Para 6 line 6 after Cross Coppice add in brackets (we saw deep pits within the wood but   did not know their origin) and continue SE

            Para 6 line 8 asphalted...drive to Solinger Farm

            Para 6 line 11 the.. right hand side.. delete with its wide verges.. for 400..

            Bowdlerisation box line 4 after children add One of our group told us that at her Convent             School in the 1950s, the word ‘urine’ had been removed from the Shakespeare text they       were reading.

p. 97    In italics section line 2 insert after bear..slightly..left (W, 278º) after passing a white post

            Para 4 line 8.. after post, delete turn

p. 98    Para 1 line 1 delete right for 50 yards alongside its perimeter.. and left at the fourth white             post.. replace with enter the wood at the waymark postcode

p. 100  Box Grims Ditch.  Para 1 line 5 also.. delete be known

            Para 2 line 1 and 2 Just before Grims Ditch delete bear right to descend .. line 2 turn left   (SW..)

p. 101 box add postcode HP27 0PG

p. 102  Para 3 line 5 add after white-painted stile – in the far paddock fence – and turn left…

            Line 5 add after hill Do not cross the road but turn right along etc..

            Line 8 after turn left and cross the road with great care.. by the ?..

            Line 16 after Anglo-Saxon times. In November we saw a fallen log with a profusion of     the fungi Auricular Judae (Jew’s ears)

p.103   Para 1 line 3 at the road.. add and wooden gate, turn left

            Para 1 line 6 turn right – delete at a red letter box – to go down..

p. 103  box, line 8 add '(1887-1915)'

p. 104  line 3 of paths – delete by a shed – instead by a satellite dish.

            line 5 after wood for half a mile (880 yards).

            line 8 Ridgeway – add at the remains of a wooden gate

            line 8 add practice trenches (see page 95)

Mapledurham walk             

p.107   Para 3 line 4 add with a wire fence on the right side

            Para 3 line 5 path add from College Wood

            Para 3 line 21 add new box In November we saw a remarkable fungi, smoky polypore (a   bracket fungus) on a beech log and shelf fungi looking like a shiny black shell.  Later, in           The ‘Hocket’ wood, there were clusters of large pale cream-coloured fungus – clitocybe        clavipes.  There were white slime moulds growing on the dead timber.

p. 111 Mapledurham watermill add postcode RG4 7TR 

p. 114  Para 3 line 3 At a pair of logs, bear left

Pitstone walk                        

page 127 Pitstone box add postcode LU7 9ER        

page 128 Ford End watermill box add postcode LU7 9EA

Quainton walk                      

page 130 Quainton windmill box line 9 ‘restoration started in 1976..                                               and now there are regular sailing days on Sundays.

Turville Walk                        

page 142, line 3 add The congregation had to huddle into the floor space of the tower

page 144, para 1, line 4 after ‘double metal gates’ add ‘and 50 yards on.. bear left’.

page 144 Cobstone mill box add postcode HP14 3YB

page 144, para 3, line 2  delete wire/

page 144, para 3, line 3 replace with ‘over the kissing gate… beside the mill.

Page 145, para 3, line 2 add ’We could see a white Gothic folly in the corner of a field on the                                                       opposite slope of the village.  We do not know its origin.

Page 148, para 1, substitute from‘the cricket pitch to its end where there is a dog’s grave.  Bear                                        right here on a path to the road by White Pond Farm.  Turn left                                                       (NW).  Beware of the fast traffic while walking towards… a long ancient                                       hedgerow’

page 148, box, para 1, line 9 add ‘In December we saw the yellow jelly fungus known as Witch’s                                     Butter’.

p.149  para. 5, line 3   change 'an obscure stile' to 'through a wooden gate'

                        line 5   change 'gravelled bridleway' to 'tarmac bridleway'

p.150  para.1, line 5    change 'over a stile' to 'through a metal gate'

page 150, para 3, line 5 add The Barn at Turville Heath ‘By turning left along the track (NW)                            for 100 yards there is a chance to enjoy a snack and drink at this barn that                                has pedestrian access only.  Booking essential  thebarnatturvilleheath.com

page 151. para 1, line 7 replace … ‘along its right side’ with ‘left side’

page 151, para 1 line 17 add ‘150 yards to the concrete base of a former bench.

Tysoe Walk               

page 153, transport, Buses, line 2, delete stage coach Midland insert Johnson’s Excelbus no.  6 &                         7 Banbury- Stratford – Shipston on Stour                                            

page 154, accommodation, line 7 add postcode CV35 0SH

page 154, para1, line 13 main road add (Shipston Road)…

page 154, para1, line 16 Garden Cottage on the right with...delete with its fine brick walls and ...                         its organic garden...

page 154, para1, line 21 through… a kissing gate, turn left for 100 yards then right to … start                               climbing the hill.

page 154, para1, line 24 hedgerow.  ...Pass through the gap to ... continue up

page 154, para2, line 1 walking… on the left (W) side of it for only 50 yards … Delete first south                        to metal kissing gate. 

p.155  illustration of windmill  change to illustrate restored sails

page 155, para 1, line 2 right… through a small metal gate set into a much bigger gate...after                                 some cottages.

Page 155, para 2, line 1 (210) through ... a line of springs

Page 155, para 2, line 2 of the slope….  This is… where the watermill

Page 155, para 3, line 2 In November, the seedheads of hundreds of teasels and ‘black knobs’                               (black knapweed) will make rich pickings for the birds in February – the toughest              time of the year for them.

Page 157, para 1 line 3 through add  a wooden carved kissing gate.

Page 159, para 1 line 17 Aim for the kissing gate delete stile carry on to the left

Page 159, para 2, line 6 replace up hill with uphill.

Page 160, para 1 line 2 go through a kissing gate delete over a stile.

Wantage Walk          

p.164   Letcombe Regis Greyhound Inn, add B&B.  Change to Tel: 01235 771969 and change website to www.thegreyhoundletcombe.co.uk

page 167 Wessex Mill postcode OX12 9AB

Wheatley walk          

page 176 The Railway Hotel has closed (2016)

page 179 Cuddesdon Watermill add postcode OX44 9HQ

page 183 box Garsington Manor 'Seigfreid' should read 'Seigfried'

page 186 box Wheatley windmill postcode OX33 1TA

Wilton walk              

page 192 Crofton pumping station box add postcode SN8 3DW

                        Café Add after 10-4.30 (not Weds)

page 196 Wilton windmill box add postcode SN8 3SW

page 198  box last line, delete 'and Sundays'  add 'check via ‘st.marysbedwyn@savernaketeam.com '

UPDATE (March 2019)

Mapledurham House is no longer open to the public due to repair work.  Private, pre-booked tours are now available at Mapledurham Mill, run by the Miller and his wife.  These are available from Easter to September on Tuesday/Wednesday/Thursday afternoons (minimum of 20 guests apply).  For more details visit www.mapledurhamwatermill.co.uk