Date: Wednesday 11th March 2026, Distance: 6.4 miles. Leader: Alan Marsh

Fifteen of us walked on a dry and sunny day from Naphill down through a wood and across a wheat field with a lone muntjac to Upper North Dean where we admired the houses and the topiary. Then along towards Flowers Bottom past the sheep and up and over and down to Speen church. Then steeply up to Denner Hill Farm and, after our banana break, we went along towards New House Farm before a steep descent to Bryants Bottom and up into Piggotts Wood. Down to Lower North Dean and return to the start. Shades of the Grand Old Duke of York with its many ups and downs, sometimes very steep, but we were rewarded with lovely moss and wild primroses and some very good views and a good feeling of having done well at the end!