We knew after the second leg of the walk was an alternative pub that we both hoped would be open so we headed on towards Towersey. We followed a series of fields most with sheep in them and lots of Red Kites doing so well in this area after being introduced years ago flying above our heads. Eventually we met the B4445 and crossed it entering a smaller road towards Towersey. After a mile we saw the disused railway track that would take us back to Thame . About 1/2 a mile further on could be seen the pub and we decided to carry on hoping it would be open which it was. I had a nice lunch and we turned back and climbed up the bank onto the old track now called the Phoenix track. Just after we joined the track was a modern odd looking seated sculpture and all along the route were a series of odd sculpture's. Also along the walk was a tree with lots of trainers hanging in pairs from it. We have seen this before in this area but do not know what they are all doing in the tree! We carried on for two miles returning to Thame A nice six mile walk.

We then drove into the town of Thame which is quite attractive it having been an important market town in the 13th century. It has lots of Inns/Pubs and hotels. We went in the BirdCage which is the oldest which specialises in lots of very odd sausages Kangeroo,Springbok, Ostrich, Buffalo, Pheasant & Whisky among others. We then drove through Long Crendon and then onto Brill. This is another pretty village and has a lovely old Post Mill six hundred feet above sea level.

A post mill is built on a post that means the whole structure can be rotated to face the wind. It milled Barley until 1919 where it produce one hundred and eighty pounds flour per hour - a modern roller mill can produce seven thousand pounds in that time now. Around it the ground was uneven with several rolling hills and round mounds. These it is said inspired Tolkien to come up with the idea of the Hobbit's houses. The reason for these effect was the area was a important clay/pottery/brick producing area which started in the 1200's. Bricks were produced in Brill right up to the 1900's when their were eight companies producing bricks in the village. Thame Grammer School and Waddesdon Manor were both built using Brill bricks. We then went back to the Angel at Long Crendon had a rest and a great meal in the restuarant. The following day we went to Whiteleaf and started a walk at the Red Lion and headed up a wooded path to the summit of Whiteleaf Hill. Here it was very windy and at the summit we had great views all around. Here we should have seen a White Cross cut into the grass said to be the site of a former windmill but we managed to miss that. Further along again missed by us is a larger version said to be a navigation device used in prehistoric times.

We kept just inside the wood and headed downhill but here something went wrong with our navigation. We met some fellow walkers and they showed us the way to a pub near our starting point the Plough at Cadsden where we had lunch before crossing a golf course and heading back to the Red Lion then driving home.