Day 6: Friday 4 August. Wendover to Ivinghoe Beacon (12 miles)
We were dropped off at Wendover so we could resume our walk where we left off the previous day. We were walking down Wendover High Street by 9:30. There must have been half a dozen places to stay there, but I think we had a better deal at Aylesbury! As we walked we could see many nice houses and gardens.
The wooded path was very shaded. We did meet someone walking the other way with his dog. He was camping, and hoped to do the path in 4 days at 20 miles per day (he started at Wiggington, so had missed the initial 5 miles or so). We wished each other well before going our separate ways.
The path had been moved since the guide was written, and now passed through Tring park. It was well sign posted here, and was probably a more pleasant walk than the one outlined in our guide.
We had lunch by the Grand Union Canal in Tring, and then were hoping for a drink in the hotel near the station, but it has been converted to flats. We kept walking.
There were a lot of ups and downs in the last bit, and we got to the trig point on Ivinhoe Beacon at 2:30pm.The arrival was a bit of an anti-climax somehow. There was no sign to say "The Ridgeway ends here" as there was at Overton. We felt a sign would be a useful thing to have here. Only we knew we had done it.
Mum & Dad arrived there about 10 minutes later with strawberries and champagne for us all. An excellent way to end the walk.