The rest of the walk along the Grand Union Canal was stunning with the amazing autumn colours (photo #3, #4, #5, #8), although a little monotonous. After the Wyvers Shipping Company the route leaves the canal to go along the river Ouzel (photo #10), where the path was in two small sections slightly flooded. To avoid it, you could go along the canal (photo #13) a bit further south to Leighton Road (photo #12)....

Derick Rethans

And then use that to cross under the H8 Standing Way to Kincardine Drive and then follow Angus Drive to pick up the route at Buckfast Park. Then the route skirts around the outside of Bletchley Park (photo #6) along its north side, before going a little along Sherwood Drive to finish at Bletchley Station....

Derick Rethans

This route addresses well the first of the access issues raised on Winble 1 (between Winslow and Swanbourne), but does not address the second....

rpdp

At Bletchley the route passes Jemima Way, which is the entrance to Bletchley Park and the National Museum of Computing....

Jane Taylor

I discovered it isn’t possible to do this: the museum can only be accessed through the main entrance to the Bletchley Park complex, along Jemima Way, which is further along the route, shortly before the meeting point at Bletchley station! Don’t pay for Bletchley Park entrance (unless you want to of course), the computer museum charges separately and it’s a lot lot cheaper....

Jane Taylor

The pavement is set back far from the road and a series of wide underpasses allow you to walk through without having to cross any other roads. There is a short cross country section involving 2 kissing gates and then a walk along the pavement of the busy road to Woburn Sands....

David Sanderson

With the short exception of the pavement alongside Watling Street the route is mainly through parks and quiet residential streets...

David Sanderson

Photos and review to follow...

David Sanderson

Plays to the strengths of the city and gets away from the traffic better than Milble 4, but does encounter a set of steps in Furzton Park which means it isn't completely accessible for all. A safe, direct, offroad and enjoyable walk. I did have problems downloading the gpx for this route but managed to plot it....

David Sanderson

Unfortunately the route is gated just to the east of the MK Bowl. like the days that David and Dipa walked it......

danravenellison

Agree with David that this route does not work as the industrial site is locked with no access. I'm going to share Milble Three as a potential solution....

danravenellison

Also if you continue on the canal path to Campbell park you can walk through the park and shopping centre to Milton Keynes station which is about 3 miles from the canal or buses which are closer....

SarahT

A pleasant and more direct path - mainly through suburban paths and along Teardrop Lake. Very accessible the whole way...

Dipa Patel

From the starting point in central Leighton Buzzard you soon find yourself offroad alongside the River Ouzel. There are links to public transport at either end although the Leighton Buzzard end is a 10min walk from the railway station....

David Sanderson

It starts at the station and goes along a wide pavement before accessing the now residential area of Bletchley Park via Turing Way (you get a view of the entrance to the museum if you fancy the excursion). As you emerge on the short section of the wide pavement of Watling Street there are some tempting food options....

David Sanderson

I started this route in Bletchley and the route starts really well. It's only because I was reviewing, that I discovered that the route across the industrial estate lead to a path which leads to an underpass under the A421. When I first volunteered for Slow Ways I was really envious of anyone who'd got to plot a Milton Keynes Slow Way....

David Sanderson

From Bletchley station about 1 mile along quiet roads then join canal at popular walk just beside towpath....

LizMcBreen

The way to go via the Tear Drop lakes is to turn right as come out of Milton Keynes railway station and follow national cycle route 51 over Railway bridge then turn left to the Teardrop lakes, (would make route slightly shorter as well)....

LizMcBreen

The first problem is that west of Shipton the route relies on a footpath that doesn't exist. If you back track to Shipton and then follow the road round to Abovemead Farm and rejoin the route you find your self in some very wet/marshy land (this was after nearly two weeks without rain) which is only passable with difficulty. This is fairly easy for the western end, but because of the construction work on the Oxford Bletchley railway line, not so easy for the eastern end of the route at the moment....

Jeremy Lee

One item to note - the route shown is blocked by a locked gate when heading from Milton Keynes to Bletchley, but easy to navigate round, just take the footpath left at Denbeigh Hall Industrial Estate and skirt round the edge, adds about one minute of walking....

A1_robs

Mostly flat route that is 90% along a paved canal and pathway by a river and 10% along pavement in built up area....

Ste Haz