During this weekend we will enjoy eight/nine mile walks through the Ashridge Estate and other woodlands of the Chilterns, contrasting the varied colours of the autumn beech, birch and oak woodland with panoramic views across the Vale of Aylesbury to the distant Cotswolds. The walks encompass thousands of years of history, from the Bronze Age and Iron Age features on Ivinghoe Beacon at the northern tip of the prehistoric Ridgeway, to the ancient deer herds, hunted for centuries but now left to roam in peace amongst the old, gnarled beech pollards.