The Chiltern Plain - Bledlow, Haddenham and Nether Winchendon

Off we peddle off from ‘Risborough,

Churches on our mind,

Bledlow Church is locked quite shut,

We’re sure they didn’t mean to be unkind,

A bit of a blow it has to be said, as the best bits are inside.

After Bedlow,  westward down an old rail track,

Towards the town of Thame,

Ricardo and I gain ground. 

Across the flat plain landscape,

It all looks near to rain.

Sharp north then to Haddenham village and 

St Mary’s by the pond,

The inside bright and airy,

A place to sing a song.

We discover all the pubs are closed,

A curious Monday thing,

So lunch is had at the Tickety Brew,

A café of some fame.

Finally to St Nicholas in

Nether Winchendon,

That styles itself a ‘1662 Prayer Book Parish’

Hooray! We say and enter in,

Having cycled through the marish.

At the end of this good ride, All is glorious gloom inside.