HOOP photo gallery 3a: Wilbury Hills to the Cambridge Road
In these photos, the Hitchin Outer Orbital Path joins up with the Letchworth Greenway to make the southward journey to the Cambridge Road. After diverting into the fringes of the town to cross the railway, it zig-zags along field edges with magnificent views across the landscape.
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- The route crosses the main road and goes into the one opposite
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- The Wilbury
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- From here until the next big red sign, you’re also on the Letchworth Greenway
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- Thankfully the waymarks are very clear on this potentially confusing stretch
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- The street is made up of these interesting corrugated houses
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- Again, the waymarking is clear
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- This is the point of the urban detour – the railway bridge
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- Looking up the line into Letchworth town centre
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- Down the line across the fields towards Hitchin
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- Go to the junction just ahead and turn right
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- Head up this road and turn left at the end
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- Follow this path between the houses
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- Through this gate, past an adventure playgound, and you’re back in the countryside
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- The route back to the fields
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- Been there, done that – looking back towards the walk up from Ickleford
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- A small ditch, easily crossed
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- You can choose to walk through this coppice or stick to the field edge
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- A brief excursion into shady woodland
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- Time to head back into the sun
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- Ahead is the Stotfold Road – soon, you’ll turn left
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- The field edges consist mainly of left-right-left turns in this stage
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- Broken waymark
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- Hitchin through the heat haze
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- Across open countryside into Bedfordshire
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- Big sky
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- The streetlights of the Cambridge Road come into view
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- A place to pause for a while