Hanwell (Forest Walk)

We walked from the house today instead of driving to this walk which we done almost every day before I got my driving license. We got to an overgrown field and found the gate locked which it has been for a while because gypsies kept breaking down the fence and camping here but they don’t come here anymore. So we followed the fence round and found a tree with a swing which Floyd likes playing with and a little further on we came to a gap in the fence and turned left towards the small wooded area with small trees be careful of low branches. When we got in to the field and walked along the forest it was quiet a foggy morning and looking through the trees and a gap in the hedge at the back it looked as if the world just stopped. Carrying on we went through a gap in the corner of the field and into an empty one walking along the edge we got to a another gap in the hedge on our right and followed it through into another field and carried along coming up  to a split track we took the one heading to the woods on a slight angle and came to a metal gate we went through and into the woods the slope in was a little slippy but when you’re on the level ground it’s not too bad we got to a small bridge with bits of wood nailed on top so be careful you don’t trip on them it’s very boggy underneath and on either side so don’t let the dog in there unless you want to give them a bath later on. A bit further is another bridge crossing a small stream after crossing that we turned right and followed a small path leading to the valentines bridge stood on top of it looked like it was about a 4-5 foot drop but Floyd still decided to go down the bank and play in the water after he got out we carried on up and saw a fallen tree we got a bit closer and realized it landed on another smaller tree and I thought it was fascinating how the tree shredded almost (Better off looking at the picture of it lower down). Following the footpath we got back to the track and headed back. All around the forest there was peaceful silence and soft chirping from birds. 

Google Maps: 52.080731,-1.360784 

GPS: N52 04.844 W 001 21.380 

OS Grid Reference: SP 4390 4267