After leaving Chigwell we enjoyed a relaxed walk through Roding Valley Meadows Local Nature Reserve and its lake onwards up through Buckhurst Hill and then up through the edge of Epping forest and its famous oaks, then onwards to the white timber-framed Elizabethan building which is Queen Elizabeth’s Royal Hunting Lodge, built for King Henry VIII in 1543.
After lunch at The Premier Inn next to the Hunting Lodge, we headed towards the Scout Headquarters at Gilwell Park and the Yardley and Hawk Woods. After reaching a hill overlooking the King George V Reservoir, Enfield we stopped for a beak to admire the view. Finally we descended to Sewardstone Marsh Nature Reserve followed the canal and entered Enfield to reach our final destination at Enfield Lock.

Rob