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Updates and Corrections for the Hertfordshire Way

(last updated on 10^th August 2008

Our guide book describes that various legs of the walk as they were at the time the second edition went to print. However, things inevitably change and the following is a list of updates that have come to our notice.

Leg 1
Leg 2
Leg 3
Leg 4	Paragraph 4, lines five and six, delete the section in parentheses “(At this point we deviate from the route in the first edition so ignore the sign on your left, if it is still in place!)”
Leg 5
Leg 6	Paragraph 1 delete “signed ‘To Great Gaddesden 3m’” Paragraph 4 delete “children’s farm and a” Paragraph 6 delete “Go diagonally to the right” and insert “Go diagonally to the left”
Leg 7
Leg 8	Paragraph 8. Delete the first two sentences and replace them with: "At a signposted junction in front of a black wooden barn continue along Wall Hall Drive, passing Holbrook Garden on the right. You will see Aldenham Church directly ahead in the distance." Paragraph 11 At the end of line 2 replace "Cross a stile" with "Pass through a kissing gate". and in line 4 replace "Cross a stile and go along" with "Go through a metal gate and follow" Paragraph 14, line 2. Delete the words “Cross a stile beside a fence marked private. Soon cross another stile by a derelict shed. Cross a field aiming for a wide gap in the hedge, cross a footbridge over a ditch, and cross the next field keeping near to the left hand side.” and insert instead “Continue ahead along a footpath signposted 'Public Footpath 49', and having gone through a metal gate, follow a fenced path to a second metal gate some 200 yards further on. Then cross the next field keeping near to the left hand side.”
Leg 9	Paragraph 2, lines 1 - 4. The waymark post (line 1) and the set of overhead lines with wooden posts (lines 2 - 4) originally used as markers are no longer there. At present (July 2008) the crossfield path (line 2) is blocked by a crop of rape. Until the path is cleared we suggest that instead of bearing right (as in line 2) walkers should continue ahead following the well-used path with the hedge immediately on their left until they reach a metal gate leading into a cemetery. Here turn about 90degrees right for about 100 yards to reach the corner post of the cemetery where a Hertfordshire Way roundel points the way half left across a field to the path through the small copse mentioned in line 5.
Leg 10
Leg 10A	Replace the wording of paragraph 3 on page 86 by the following: “Take the second road (Crouch Lane) on the right and follow it as it turns left. On the following section ignore the route marked by Borough of Broxbourne roundels as these are not on the public right-of-way. Where Crouch Lane turns sharply right go straight ahead through a kissing gate into a field and immediately turn right over a stile. Take a line NE diagonally across the field until you reach the field edge, marked by a hedge (more a dense line of trees and undergrowth). Follow along the western side of this hedge through a gap in the hedge running at right-angles, and continue to the bottom of the next field where you will encounter a barbed-wire fence. Turn right alongside this fence until you reach a wooden section (this should be a stile but it has no footboards). Climb over this bit of fence and cross the brook - take care as the banks of the brook are muddy and there is no footbridge. Bear slightly to the right as you ascend the far bank of the gully and work your way through the undergrowth until you reach an open field. Continue in the same direction across the field to reach a stile at the right hand side of a metal gate. Bear left and cross the next field to a kissing gate which leads into a path between overhanging bushes, with a fence on the right and a small wooded area on the left. Follow the path to reach a kissing gate and emerge at the road in Hammondstreet.”
Leg 10B
Leg 11
Leg 12
Leg 13
Leg 14