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on the left. This leads over a low rise to a rushy 

 hollow known as Dcbde?i Slade, a corruption of 

 Dead-man's Slade. Crossing the head of this, 

 the track mounts the opposite hill diagonally to 

 the old British camp and skirts round its south 

 and east sides. From this point a group of tall 

 elms at High Beach are visible and serve as a 

 landmark. Continue along the crest of the hill in 

 a north-westerly direction, so as to keep in sight the 

 beautiful view to the south. From the point at 

 which the Epping Road is crossed at right angles, 

 a green roadway leads to the " King's Oak " at 

 High Beach. This is one of the most beautiful 

 walks in the Forest, but the following variation 

 of it is even more charming, and will serve for 

 the return journey, unless a more extended walk 

 is desired, in which case return to Chingford by 

 one of the routes already described, or to Epp- 

 ing or Theydon. 



ROUTE K. 



HIGH BEACH TO LOUGHTON. 

 3 miles. 



From near the flagstaff on the High Beach road, 

 half a mile north of the " King's Oak," strike due 

 east across the thicket. This will lead to Wake 

 Valley, sometimes called -Dick Turpin's pond, an 

 irregular sheet of water in a hollow by the Epping 

 Road ; cross the road and descend the valley 

 through Monk Wood, keeping the left bank of 

 the stream. Where this leaves Monk Wood and 

 passes under the Green Ride [from this point a 

 pretty track leads north-east up the hill to Goldings 



