Three waymarked circular routes start at the CL, and there are shorter loops of ten to forty minutes around the farm itself. Leave the car where it is.
The three circulars
30 minutes
Round the common
Almost flat, and the easiest of the three. It takes you up to the village and round Ibstone Common. Stop at the pub for a drink or lunch on the way past, and show your club card for five per cent off.
1 hour
Footpaths and bridleways
A couple of fairly steep ascents and descents on local rights of way, with the reward of a long view over the valley from the halfway point. Fully mapped with waypoints.
3 hours
Turville, Fingest and the windmill
The proper one. Several steep climbs, two iconic Chiltern villages, two good pubs, three lovely churches, and Cobstone windmill, which you will recognise from Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, The Vicar of Dibley and a great many Midsomer Murders.
Maps
We are an Ordnance Survey Trusted Partner, so all three routes can be downloaded straight into the OS Maps app and followed on your phone. Paper copies live in the information pack on your pitch, and there are more in the courtyard, so just ask.
Fred’s walks, and a good many others starting from this CL, are written up on Two Dogs & an Awning.
Bicycles and the longer trails
The bridleways around Ibstone make good mountain biking, and the Chiltern Way and the Ridgeway are both within easy reach for a day out. The lanes are quiet but narrow and steep in places, so road cyclists should expect to work for it.
Unless you own a great deal of Lycra, we recommend an electric bike.
The pub at the end
The Fox at Ibstone is a few minutes’ walk up the road: a country pub with real fires, local ales and a garden, and happy to have dogs inside.
Dogs on the farm
This is a working farm with Soay sheep and horses on it. Dogs are very welcome and there is no charge for them, up to a maximum of two per pitch, but please keep them on a lead across the grazing and pick up after them.