After I got us lost on our hike today around Hambleden, we ended up where we were supposed to be, in the pretty village of Hambleden. (I insisted we turn at the second electricity pole, onto the metalled road, per the instructions. Apparently, the electric company removed the first two electric poles after the book was printed, because we went too far. Fortunately it was a pre-hike, where we're allowed to make mistakes.)
Anyway, we ended up at the church, as we were supposed to. Divine intervention?
Here's the flint Manor House, where Lord Cardigan was born, famous for leading the Charge of the Light Brigade.
Hambleden is famous as the location for scenes from Chitty Chitty Bang Bang and the recent remake of The Avengers. While we were there we noticed a film crew, but didn't stop and ask what they were filming.
Probably some adventure flick, about some lost hikers who had to survive by their wits for a couple of hours while braving icy mud and treacherous hillocks.
