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EPPING FOREST.
somewhat vague. From the absence of landmarks
this is inevitable. It is of course needless to
adhere rigidly to the actual route I have attempted
to describe, and which is susceptible of a number of
variations, but if a general north-easterly direction is
preserved from the old British Camp, the pedestrian
may get bogged or hung up in a thicket, but he
cannot go far wrong. It is at any rate well worth
trying, for I should be inclined to select it as the
most varied and attractive walk of any in the
Forest. It is dry in all weathers throughout nearly
the whole of its course.
ROUTE M.
LOUGHTON TO THEYDON BY BALDWIN'S HILL
AND OAK HILL.
51/4 miles.
Follow the ridge of Baldwin's Hill as far as
Golding's Hill ponds, as described in Route P, or
else keep along the bottom of the valley below it,
hugging the bank of the stream to the point where
it crosses the green ride, and leaves the high trees
of Monk Wood. From here a track leads up the
hill on the right in a direction a little north of
east to the above-named ponds. At Golding's Hill
ponds cross the Loughton road and take the green
road along the eastern boundary of the Forest.
After descending the hill, this road leads to Debden
Green, but without leaving the Forest at this point,
keep a north-easterly direction near the outside of
the Forest, crossing a succession of ridges and
valleys to Oak Hill. This part of the Forest is a