Pleshey - Chignall Smealy - Good Easter - Pleshey Circular
19th October 2021
| Distance |
Time |
Elevation in meters |
Km |
Elapsed
Hrs-Mins |
Moving
Hrs-Mins |
Gain |
Loss |
Min |
Max |
| 16.58 |
4H04 |
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98 |
98 |
52 |
89 |
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| The above distance and time is longer than normal as we spent time helping to rescue a man on a disability scooter who was stuck in the mud with a flat battery. We took him back to his house near Stagden Cross. The stats below show the second time I did the walk on 3rd December 2021. |
3rd December 2021
| Distance |
Time |
Elevation in meters |
Km |
Elapsed
Hrs-Mins |
Moving
Hrs-Mins |
Gain |
Loss |
Min |
Max |
| 15.0 |
3H37 |
3H04 |
98 |
104 |
50 |
90 |
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| On the second walk we went to The Leather Bottle pub in Pleshet for lunch and libation! |
Parked at the bottom of Pump Lane
Walk starts up Pump Lane
Diagonal cut across the field next to the entrance to Pleshey Castle
Pick up a concrete farm track which goes due South for 2 km
Path eventually comes to farm buildings where you join Mashbury Road
Turn right along Mashbury Road towards Bards Hall
Past Wart Cottages on the right
The path goes off to the left a few meters after the Mashbury Road and Fox Road signs.
Heading towards Chignall Smealy
At this point you turn right, almost back on yourself
The path eventually comes out onto the road next to Chignall United Reform Chapel,
where you turn right along the road.
Chignall United Reform Chapel
Follow the road until it goes round a right-hand bend
The Cottage, Mashbury on your right
The path leaves the road directly opposite The Cottage, but the marker post and the stile are not obvious at first glance
A fallen tree blocking the path
The path eventually comes out at a church next to Mashbury Hall Farm
Mashbury Hall Farm
The church has Commonwealth War Graves
Unusual graves
The path marker points along the right hand side of the church
The path eventually comes out on to a road where you turn left.
You can see the spire of Good Easter Church at this point.
Heading to Good Easter. The road goes past Wrays Farm
St Andrews, Good Easter
Great place for lunch opposite Falconers Hall
Centre of Good Easter you take the road to the right by the cream house, and the Essex Way
goes off across the fields to the left after 100 meters.
Path to the left opposite Primrose Cottage
After following the path along the edge of the fields it eventually comes out onto a road where you turn right
On to the road, with the finger board showing the direction just travelled
You can go through the wood to the right, but if you stick to the road it comes out to this point,
as does the path through the wood. Turn left here.
Turn right at this point along the path leading to Stagden Cross
Good sign posting here
Turn left
Heading to Pleshey
Turn right along Back Lane back towards the start point
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