There's quite a nice short stroll up Swing Gate Lane and along the A41.

The paths are well marked:

it's punctuated by the fairly busy new A41:

There comes a point during October in blighty when everything gets very damp and doesn't dry out until spring:

and there is so little colour, apart from holly bushes:

otherwise the light is very flat:

it can get quite muddy, but unusually the tunnel floor under the road is nicely concreted: