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Post 3

As you walked along the path to post 2 you were gently climbing. From post 2 to here the ground is roughly level, but from this point on you descend gently towards the north. You have passed the watershed; water falling on the car park runs south, towards Harrow, to be captured by the headwaters of the River Pinn. In contrast over most of Old Redding Nature Reserve streams flow north, to join the River Colne south of Watford. In fact the Colne eventually gets all the water from both sides of the ridge, because the Pinn flows west and joins the Colne just north of Uxbridge.

Look at the young trees growing at this point. Although above them are mature oaks and beeches, all the young trees are hornbeam. In summer you can recognise hornbeam by the finely toothed edges of the leaves ‐ like the tiny teeth you would see on a saw for cutting metal. Unlike oak and beech, hornbeam saplings can grow in the shade under mature woodland trees, so in time hornbeam will replace the oaks and beeches that dominate the woodland today.

As you walk on you will reach a pathmeet. Descend the steps and have a look at the information panel on the right then turn left along the side of the lake to find nature trail post 4.

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