Ballinger and The Lee: full route

At the corner of the field cross the stile and turn right, following the hedgerow, to reach two stiles. Go over the one straight ahead and continue, initially with a hedgerow on your right, across the open field towards the right-hand side of a small wood. At the far side of the field cross the stile and bear half right to the corner of the hedgerow. Stay on the path beside the hedgerow as it curves round to the right, eventually leading to a stile. Cross it and continue ahead along a wide track. When you get to a crossing track turn left up the slope. (*For shorter option see below). Stay on this tarmac track all the way to the road at The Lee, opposite The Cock and Rabbit Inn.

Turn right then immediately left along the road beside the village green, following it as it curves right. At the far side of the green turn left along the road, passing the church and the cemetery. Just after the large barn conversion (Church Farm House) on the right-hand bend, turn left along a track. When you reach a path junction turn right. Stay on this track for some distance as it runs along the edge of three fields. Eventually it turns sharp left then right, and soon leads you to a path junction where The Chiltern Way crosses.

Turn right along The Chiltern Way. At the far side of the field go through the gate and turn right along a path between wooden fences. Continue ahead into the wood to reach a path junction. Go straight on to emerge from the trees onto a path that soon joins a wide track. Follow the track across the field towards a white cottage. Cross the road by the cottage and continue ahead on the path through the woods, which eventually reaches a field. Fork right on the path that heads across the field to the corner of the hedgerow. Walk along the right-hand side of the hedgerow. Go through a gate, pass a row of cottages, and turn right along the road with The Lee village hall and shop on your right. Cross the road and go through the kissing gate opposite the Scout hut into a field.

Follow the path ahead along the line of the telegraph wires, with an isolated cottage in the valley to your right. When you get to a barbed wire fence on the left (after the fourth telegraph pole) turn right downhill on the path into the valley, passing to the right of a dell containing a large copse of trees. Just before the hedgerow at the bottom turn left and go through the kissing gate ahead. Follow the track along the valley, with fields on your left and woodland on your right, eventually passing through a kissing gate onto a road.

Turn right and, where the road curves left up the hill, turn right through a gap in the hedgerow next to two metal gates. Turn left on the path directly uphill (ignore the wider track to your right). At the top, pass through a gap in the hedgerow and continue ahead on a grassy track which soon becomes a road with houses on both sides. At the T junction cross over and go through the kissing gate into Ballinger sports field. Turn left to return to the start.

At the crossing track keep straight ahead for 170m to a T Junction. Turn right to rejoin the main route as described in the last sentence of Waypoint 4.