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Leg 27 Bury Green to Patmore Heath
In which we decide not to swim out of Bishop's Stortford
20.6 km, 238 m, 3 hours 05 minutes
From: Lower Farm, Bury Green
To: Patmore Heath car park
Snack: Country slices
Leg 26 Hadham Mill to Bury Green
In which we run in circles around mistletoe in Much Hadham
20.6 km, 183 m, 3 hours 05 minutes
From: Hadham Mill
To: Lower Farm, Bury Green
Snack: Chocolate mini rolls
Leg 25 Thundridge to Hadham Mill
In which the mud is frozen solid and four muntjac appear
22.6 km, 242 m, 3 hours 30 minutes
From: Ermine Street, Thundridge
To: Hadham Mill
Snack: Chocolate slices
Leg 24 Waterford to Thundridge
In which we take a short detour in the snow
20.0 km, 215 m, 3 hours 00 minutes
From: Vicarage Lane, Waterford
To: Ermine Street, Thundridge
Snack: Chocolate mini rolls
Leg 23 Great Amwell to Hertford
In which we spot mermaids and reach Hertford for the second time
15.5 km, 37 m, 2 hours 40 minutes
From: St John the Baptist Church, Great Amwell
To: Parliament Square, Hertford
Snack: Chocolate mini rolls
Leg 22 Hoddesdon to Great Amwell
In which we find a black swan and a lot of water
21.4 km, 92 m, 3 hours 30 minutes
From: New River footbridge, Hoddesdon
To: St John the Baptist Church, Great Amwell
Snack: Hot cross buns
Leg 21 Wormley Wood to Hoddesdon
In which the sun shines, the birds sing and we find a New River
18.6 km, 186 m, 2 hours 50 minutes
From: White Stubbs Lane, Wormley Wood
To: New River footbridge, Hoddesdon
Snack: Hot cross bun
Leg 20 Cuffley to Wormley Wood
In which we trudge up and down hill through mud and wonder why
19.8 km, 335 m, 3 hours 15 minutes
From: Cuffley Football Club
To: White Stubbs Lane, Wormley Wood
Snack: Cherry Bakewells
Leg 19 Bayford to Waterford
In which the Hertfordshire Way takes us to Hertford for the first time
19.2 km, 211 m, 3 hours 00 minutes
From: Village sign, Bayford
To: Vicarage Lane, Waterford
Snack: Mince pies
Leg 18 Newgate Street to Bayford
In which a remarkable year ends with white wallabies in a Hertfordshire wood
17.5 km, 286 m, 2 hours 35 minutes
From: St Mary's Church, Newgate Street
To: Village sign, Bayford
Snack: Mince pies
Leg 17 Potters Bar to Newgate Street
In which fog hides the views or at least we think it did
21.1 km, 228 m, 3 hours 00 minutes
From: Northaw Place, Potters Bar
To: St Mary's Church, Newgate Street
Snack: Chocolate Mini Rolls
Leg 16 South Mimms to Potters Bar
In which the bleak midwinter produces mud on mud, mud on mud
16.9 km, 180 m, 2 hours 25 minutes
From: The Black Horse, South Mimms
To: Northaw Place, Potters Bar
Snack: Chocolate Mini Rolls
Leg 15 Shenley to South Mimms
In which our guest runner returns and is taken back to Christmas past
13.1 km, 136 m, 2 hours 10 minutes
From: Shenley Park Tea Rooms, Shenley
To: The Black Horse, South Mimms
Snack: Mince pies
Leg 14 Aldenham to Shenley
In which we reach the southernmost point and the Ver meets the Colne
20.5 km, 211 m, 3 hours 00 minutes
From: St John the Baptist Church, Aldenham
To: Shenley Park Tea Rooms, Shenley
Snack: Mince pies
Leg 13 Kings Langley to Aldenham
In which Watford provides not one but two kingfishers
25.0 km, 172 m, 3 hours 40 minutes
From: Bridge 159, Grand Union Canal, Kings Langley
To: St John the Baptist Church, Aldenham
Snack: Mince pies
Leg 12 Bovingdon to Kings Langley
In which we misplace a pond and find a marina
19.3 km, 223 m, 2 hours 50 minutes
From: St Lawrence Church, Bovingdon
To: Bridge 159, Grand Union Canal, Kings Langley
Snack: Apple and custard lattice slices
Leg 11 Berkhamsted Common to Bovingdon
In which we meet a little egret from Essex and we stray into Buckinghamshire
20.0 km, 251 m, 3 hours 10 minutes
From: Well Farm, Berkhamsted Common
To: St Lawrence Church, Bovingdon
Snack: Mince pies
Leg 10 Great Gaddesden to Berkhamsted Common
In which we run through a proper forest and a find a monument rising above it
22.9 km, 396 m, 3 hours 40 minutes
From: St John the Baptist Church, Great Gaddesden
To: Well Farm, Berkhamsted Common
Snack: Chocolate mini rolls and mince pies
Leg 9 Flamstead to Great Gaddesden
In which we see a lot of parkland, sheep and even alpacas
20.5 km, 253 m, 3 hours 05 minutes
From: St Leonard's Church, Flamstead
To: St John the Baptist Church, Great Gaddesden
Snack: Cinnamon whirls
Leg 8 Verulamium to Flamstead
In which the River Ver leads us to a Cetti's warbler and a stonechat
27.6 km, 195 m, 4 hours 15 minutes
From: Verulamium Museum
To: St Leonard's Church, Flamstead
Snack: Mince pies
Leg 7 Sandridge to Verulamium
In which we leave the car behind and fit in a few chores
20.7 km, 163 m, 3 hours 35 minutes
From: The Green Man, Sandridge
To: Verulamium Museum
Snack: Mince pies
Leg 6 Lamer Park to Sandridge
In which things start getting very familiar but we still find some surprises
19.0 km, 223 m, 3 hours 00 minutes
From: Lamer Park
To: The Green Man, Sandridge
Snack: Parkin
Leg 5 Whitwell to Lamer Park
In which we discover a Hertfordshire sugar beet industry and it rains again
20.8 km, 226 m, 3 hours 10 minutes
From: Field on south edge of Whitwell
To: Lamer Park
Snack: Mince pies and chocolate malted milk biscuits
Leg 4 Little Wymondley to Whitwell
In which we are joined by a guest runner
20.2 km, 351 m, 3 hours 05 minutes
From: The Plume of Feathers, Little Wymondley
To: Field on south edge of Whitwell
Snack: Chocolate chunk muffins
Leg 3 Weston to Little Wymondley
In which it rains quite a lot and we encounter a yeti
19.6 km, 155 m, 2 hours 50 minutes
From: Holy Trinity Church, Weston
To: The Plume of Feathers, Little Wymondley
Snack: Mince pies
Leg 2 Sandon to Weston
In which we see a lot of chalk and red kites
24.3 km, 295 m, 4 hours 00 minutes
From: Sandon village sign
To: Holy Trinity Church, Weston
Snack: Doughnuts
Leg 1 Royston to Sandon
In which it all begins
21.7 km, 302 m, 3 hours 25 minutes
From: Roy Stone, Royston
To: Sandon village sign
Snack: Mince pies