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30th Jun 2023  00:00  by [email protected]

FB Number: S5829  Condition: Good  Score: 5/10

top plate intact but hard to reach in the thicket

9th Feb 2023  07:10  by ManuelPereda

FB Number: Not logged  Condition: Good  Score: 3/10

29th Jan 2022  08:25  by Trigger monster

FB Number: S5829  Condition: Good  Score: 7/10

Walked from Puttenham along bridle path which climbs diagonally up the the Hog’s Back in a north westerly direction. Then no alternative but to walk beside the busy main road for about 800 metres.The verge is mostly quite wide but the disgusting amount of litter is a bit depressing. The pillar is well hidden in the hedge which was thickly grown with prickly vegetation. Located just past a police patrol lay-by. Views obscured by vegetation but pushed through to get fantastic views to south. London was visible from the road through gaps in trees on the central reservation. Marked down for for busy roadside location but compensated by great views nearby and a good scuff and scramble to get to the FB which faces south, by the way. Oddly a golf ball on the top. Good luck with this in the summer.

Hog’s Back Flush plate
Hog’s Back Looking west from inside the hedge
Hog’s Back From south looking towards the road
Hog’s Back In there!

4th Jun 2020  11:18  by Nick Pulsford

FB Number: Not logged  Condition: Not Logged  Score: 5/10

10th Jan 2020  12:00  by Nekyram

FB Number: S5829  Condition: Good  Score: 6/10

Parked on verge at junction to New Barn cottages, on the Hampton Estate. Met the estate manager whilst walking the track. He gave permission to enter field ,but be aware of the ‘keen ‘ new gamekeeper! He's usually around about 2pm ,we had plenty of time! Walked up steps to cottages .then entered the steep field walking up to the hedge by the busy A31 .

21st Apr 2018  15:31  by thejackrustles

FB Number: S5829  Condition: Good  Score: 5/10

Same route as Carol. Parked on verge on Puttenham Road opposite access track to trig SU911477.Then walked up track and then steps to New Barn Cottages, two guys sitting having a cuppa in the garden gladly gave me permission to walk through the field above to the trigpoint, quite steep! Trig still not that easy to get to from this side, broke off some of the spikey bush with gardening gloves but then had to crawl in for a hug, could do with some gardening.

Hogs Back selfie ©thejackrustles
Hogs Back collage ©thejackrustles

10th Mar 2018  09:12  by TrigJS

Gridref: SU 91052 48295   FB Number: S5829  Condition: Good  Score: 7/10

Hidden in a hedge next to the very busy A31.

TP3965 Flush bracket
TP3965 A31 traffic speeding by.
TP3965 The trig pillar is in there somewhere!
TP3965 View to the south.

28th Feb 2017  00:00  by caroleengel

Gridref: SU 91050 48303   FB Number: Not logged  Condition: Good  Score: 5/10

Parked on verge on Puttenham Road opposite access track to trig SU911477.Then walked up track and then steps to New Barn Cottages, after which I beared right into the trig field.

7th Jul 2016  20:58  by THE CYCLIST

FB Number: S5829  Condition: Good  Score: 5/10

I had tried to find this pillar last year without success. On that occasion I had climbed across two fields from the lane to the South. This time I climbed to the A31 from Ash Green and braved the main road traffic for the 1km Eastbound (not too bad). At the reservoir there was a level, crash barrier free, crossing with care and patience. The road side hedge is now more of a thin wood. I walked both sides twice for some distance before finally catching sight of the pillar well concealed in the middle. I was able to reach it by pushing a few branches aside and nearly crawling in from the field side. Cycling out was easier as there is a narrow tarred pavement beside the Westbound carriageway back to the Ash Green turn, which remarkably is an allowed right-hand turn for motor vehicles. For future visitors: there are a couple of unofficial gravel laybys near the A31 junction on the road from Ash Green then cross A31 and walk pavement, or there seemed to be a footpath up from the end of the cul-de-sac road from Seale. Alongside a length of roadside crash barrier there is a wire stayed telephone pole with an easy gap into the adjacent field. Turn right and through a vehicle gap in the hedge running up the hill to the road. From the far side of this hedge it is about 80 paces to the pillar on your right.

30th Jun 2014  10:17  by jonglew

Gridref: SU 91051 48292   FB Number: S5829  Condition: Good  Score: 5/10

Parking at Puttenham Rd junc, walked N on access track until it veered E, then NW over wild flower meadow to trig. Not an easy find and no gardening tools with me, so sustained lot of scrathes and stings to access. Previous logger's clearance helped a little but lot of vegetation regrown. Visible from A31, but only accessible from field side. Pillar in good condition; original cap in place, lightly indented lettering. Good views S, nothing N due to high hedgerow.

Pillar TP3965©jonglew
Spider TP3965©jonglew
Flush Bracket TP3965©jonglew

28th Feb 2014  14:50  by Trigpoint100

FB Number: S5829  Condition: Good  Score: 6/10

On my list of 'looks difficult and dull, but has to be done in order to complete LR186' trigs. In practice, exceeded expectations as a) fine southern panorama, and b) if you don't mind an 80m ascent, access from S is much easier: easy parking at junction of Puttenham Rd and track, much nearer than layby and avoids the A31 death wish, and you end up on the right side of the hedge. Have pruned a way through if you go soon, otherwise take appropriate tools! Metal cap, shallow letters, N s/hole open, otherwise vgc. PS to demonstrate the slow rate of plastic breakdown, the blue bag in Griefmiester's photo is still there exactly as he saw it.

3rd Aug 2013  11:46  by trigangel

FB Number: S5829  Condition: Good  Score: 5/10

Visited this before Trigpoint100, but good advise,take tools and look from field

30th Jan 2012  14:30  by Wubbleyew

FB Number: S5829  Condition: Good  Score: 6/10

Decided to do this one the hard way! Climbed up the Hog's Back from the south during a circular Puttenham walk. As I reached pillar s5829 I spotted a red Norbert Dentressangle lorry rushing past on the other side of the hedge. So exciting! Jane Austen knew the Hog's Back and on 20th May 1813 wrote to her sister Cassandra that 'I never saw country from the Hog's Back so advantageously'. Me too! The Hog's Back also gets a mention in Richard Thompson's song: MGB-GT.

27th Nov 2010  15:10  by bluebeard

FB Number: S5829  Condition: Good  Score: 3/10

25th Jun 2010  12:30  by dpeberdy

FB Number: S5829  Condition: Good  Score: 3/10

As others, I have driven past this so many time - I just wish I had stopped during the winter when I could actually see it. Parked in the entrance to the reservoir (Eastbound), crossed the road and spent a while peering into the hedge where I knew it to be. Finally saw it and got a vague photo, but could not get anywhere near it to see its condition or flush bracket, so I have just agreed with others on those! Me 148m

It is in there, honestly! If you look carefully enough, you can just make out the edge of the pillar in the hedge

8th Feb 2010  12:43  by Griefmiester

FB Number: S5829  Condition: Good  Score: 4/10

I have driven past this one loads of times finally got round to baggin it. I Parked about 400m short of this one in short layby on very busy Hogs Back road, then walked along the side of the road (look out for cars!) Pillar in in good condition and is best viewed from the non-road side, good views to south, hasy today.

22nd Nov 2009  13:20  by cmb1953

FB Number: S5829  Condition: Good  Score: 6/10

Hidden in hedge. Better view from field to check FB.

22nd Dec 2007  10:25  by Trigger

FB Number: S5829  Condition: Good  Score: 5/10

12th Dec 2006  11:30  by Ann_and_Brian

FB Number: S5829  Condition: Good  Score: 6/10

As others have said, this is embedded in the hedge and difficult to get close to.

The Pillar
Flush Bracket

1st Dec 2006  15:20  by rhayader_wanderer

FB Number: Not logged  Condition: Not Logged  Score: 5/10

No parking options westbound today

19th Mar 2006  13:59  by Dreadycraig

FB Number: S5829  Condition: Good  Score: 5/10

Ouch! In the middle of a very prickly hedge. Parked in the layby westbound on the A31 (hogsback) walked partway in fields partway next to the road (not recommended)

©Dreadycraig

24th Dec 2005  14:40  by mickandshane

FB Number: S5829  Condition: Good  Score: 5/10

I have driven past this trig hindreds of times but this is the first time I've looked for it. I parked on the east bound carriageway in front of a couple of cottages near the reservoir shown on the 1:25,000 map. I managed to cross the road without being marmalised and walked back about a hundred yards to the trig, which as Sagi says is well inside a blackthorn hedge. It is more easily seen from the field side and the FB faces south. Plug with indented lettering.

22nd Aug 2004  12:00  by peregrinus

FB Number: S5829  Condition: Good  Score: 5/10

vgc, was indeed a pig - to find & access, FB faces S - Access:in S hedge of A31, 70m W of wired-off opening

S5829 fb ©peregrinus
S5829 trig ©peregrinus

14th Jul 1983  00:00  by RogerTempleman

FB Number: S5829  Condition: Good  Score: 4/10

Plain pillar in gap in hedge next to west-bound carriageway of A31.