Hansa Jadva-Patel writes: Another sunny day, perfect walking weather but the closure of the road leading to the car park slightly scuppered the start of the walk. Some walkers couldn’t get to the car park so had to seek alternative parking and sadly, some returned home. Eleven walkers (photo 1) commenced the walk from the Digswell Viaduct, a grade II listed structure. We continued to Tewin Church where we stopped to look at some interesting tombs. A couple of graves belonged to the Geofrey de Havilland,aviation pioneer’s family. Another grave belonged to Lady Anne Grimstone, and legend has it that she was reputed to have said, “If, indeed, there is life hereafter trees will render asunder my tomb.” So for over 200 years, trees have forced their limbs through the tomb to raise their branches in rejoicing. We continued to Marden Hall, a grade II listed building, on the way admiring some spotted pigs and alpacas. We stopped here for our morning banana/coffee break. We continued through some fields to Bramfield where we stopped for lunch, then headed towards Queen Hoo Hall before entering Bramfield woods. Here the peace and tranquillity of a lovely woodland walk was sadly disrupted by four very noisy bikers, reving their engines, behaviour that sadly frightened a couple of horses / riders. The paths also became little challenging, muddy (photos 2 and 3) and also flooded. We rested briefly at the Horns pub, 16th century drinking establishment in Bulls Green where a highway man was allegedly once laid to rest and subsequently there are claims of ghostly visions, thankfully, none of the walkers had any paranormal experiences! The group of fit walkers very competently reached the high trig point at Burnham Green (photo 4). Our final decent brought us back to Digswell. Overall, an enjoyable walk with good company, exploring a few areas of interest in Hertfordshire.
