40 ErPING FOREST. 



tion, until High Beach is reached through the grove 

 of old beeches. It is popularly supposed that these 

 trees give the name to the place ; this is an error, 

 the true meaning of the word being the High 

 Beach or Bank. This walk and those described 

 in Routes G and H are apt to be swampy. The 

 explorer should be well shod who undertakes them 

 in winter. There is no need for this precaution 

 in summer. 



ROUTE G. 



2f miles. 



The corner of the thicket which approaches 

 nearest to Chingford Station lies due north of it ; 

 a few yards to the right of the corner, a bell- 

 mouthed opening shows the entrance to a new 

 ride which has been lately cleared, and which leads 

 in a tolerably straight course (a little to the east 

 of north) to Fairmead Lodge, at the foot of 

 High Beach Hill. About 500 yards from where 

 the thicket is entered, the route leads at right 

 angles into a green glade called the Woodman's 

 Glade. Crossing this, the lower end of Ludgate 

 Plain, which may be recognised by the pictur- 

 esque half-timbered cottage at its upper extremity, 

 is soon reached. Ascending the slope on the 

 farther side of it, the path leads over a gentle rise 

 and through another thicket to a more extensive 

 plain known as the Al)nsho2ise Plain. From here 

 the wooded slopes of High Beach Hill, crowned 

 by the church spire, become visible in front. The 

 next open plain that is crossed is called Fair- 

 mead Bottom, and gives its name to the picturesque 

 Fairmead Lodge on the farther side of it — a well- 



