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Leg 30 Barkway to Royston
In which we reach the Roy Stone again and our tale ends
20.3 km, 339 m, 3 hours 25 minutes
From: St Mary Magdalene church, Barkway
To: Roy Stone, Royston
Snack: Angel cake slice
Leg 29 Great Hormead to Barkway
In which the deer reappear and the end is almost in sight
22.0 km, 231 m, 3 hours 25 minutes
From: The Old Cesspit, Great Hormead
To: St Mary Magdalene church, Barkway
Snack: Apple and blackcurrant pies
Leg 28 Patmore Heath to Great Hormead
In which we are stared at by 95 fallow deer and we wade along the River Ash
20.8 km, 220 m, 3 hours 25 minutes
From: Patmore Heath car park
To: The Old Cesspit, Great Hormead
Snack: Chocolate mini rolls
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