The road home and a glimpse of Oxfordshire.
The M40 winds out of NW London in a series of wide sweeping bends, climbing almost imperceptibly up the gentle dip slope of the Chilterns and passing by the leafy commuter towns of Beaconsfield and High Wycombe (once remote coaching stops), the road often hemmed in by the dense beechwoods of the area.
At Stokenchurch the M40 crests the top of the Chiltern escarpment and then winds down this cutting through the chalk, leaving Buckinghamshire and its commuters behind and extensive views over Oxfordshire opening up.
This cutting is known to millions, even if they don't recognise it as such, as it appears as an aerial shot in the opening credits of The Vicar of Dibley, the much loved, and endlessly repeated comedy series of a long suffering female vicar coping with the barking mad locals of an English village, filmed just a few miles away in Turville, Buckinghamshire.
Viewed NW from the high, eye catching bridge that carries the narrow country lane between Stokenchurch and the hamlet of Christmas Common, one of the famous red kites of the area high above the carriageway.
The road home and a glimpse of Oxfordshire.
The M40 winds out of NW London in a series of wide sweeping bends, climbing almost imperceptibly up the gentle dip slope of the Chilterns and passing by the leafy commuter towns of Beaconsfield and High Wycombe (once remote coaching stops), the road often hemmed in by the dense beechwoods of the area.
At Stokenchurch the M40 crests the top of the Chiltern escarpment and then winds down this cutting through the chalk, leaving Buckinghamshire and its commuters behind and extensive views over Oxfordshire opening up.
This cutting is known to millions, even if they don't recognise it as such, as it appears as an aerial shot in the opening credits of The Vicar of Dibley, the much loved, and endlessly repeated comedy series of a long suffering female vicar coping with the barking mad locals of an English village, filmed just a few miles away in Turville, Buckinghamshire.
Viewed NW from the high, eye catching bridge that carries the narrow country lane between Stokenchurch and the hamlet of Christmas Common, one of the famous red kites of the area high above the carriageway.