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Day 27: Wookey Hole to Temple Cloud
Jane and Tony arrived at our hotel at 9.00 to collect my pack once again and deliver it to our accommodation in Temple Cloud. We left Wookey Hole to climb up into the Mendip hills, quite a change from the Somerset Levels! We followed the Monarch’s Way for the first part of our walk, initially…
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Day 26: Westhay to Wookey Hole
Today I travelled light, with just the small day pack, as Jane and Tony (David’s sister and brother in law) were due to collect our bags from New House Farm and deliver them to our next accommodation! We started out in rain, but the weather improved during the day and the promised storms didn’t arrive.…
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Day 25: Bridgwater to Westhay
We left Bridgwater clad in our rain gear, having checked the forecast, and it was dry all day! The first part of our journey out of town was tedious along roads with busy traffic. We then turned onto paths through fields, and once again found that farmers had ploughed across the footpaths and gates had…
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Day 24: Rest Day
After 10 days of walking in hilly terrain we were ready for a break. Barnstaple is not the most beautiful of towns, but it has all we need. Before we could visit the very necessary launderette, I had to purchase a pair of cheap leggings: both pairs of walking trousers and my waterproofs were caked…
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Day 23: Crowcombe to Bridgwater
Thank you to our friends who send words of encouragement, either through this site, or by personal messages: it is certainly appreciated, and I apologise for not responding. Internet is often limited in more remote places, and I am surprised how time goes so quickly once we reach our lodgings for the night and deal…
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Day 22: Luxborough to Crowcombe
Today was an interesting, varied landscape. We moved from the bleak moors to pastoral Exmoor, walking through fields of sheep and cattle initially and later, crops. We are discovering that the routes shown on the maps is often ignored by farmers, who plough across paths, and sometimes move fences and gates! We were following the…
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Day 21: Warren Farm to Luxborough
I had been suffering from sore shoulders and David finally gave in to my request to use a courier service to carry rucksacks for the next three days. It certainly made walking easier and more enjoyable. When we left Warren Farm it was in dense fog, but after a while this cleared and the sun…
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Day 20: Challacombe to Warren Farm
Our stay at Longstone B&B was delightful, and our hosts couldn’t have been more helpful. We had a lovely breakfast and were provided with a packed lunch as I had been unable to book a meal in the pub in Simonsbath. We awoke to drizzle and mist and when we spoke to Jess at breakfast…
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Day 19: Barnstaple to Challacombe
Again we enjoyed good walking weather as we headed up into the hills of Exmoor. Once we had left the town behind it was pastoral scenery, through fields, lanes and footpaths. Although hilly, the gradients were gentle compared with the coastal ascents and descents of the past weeks. The only village on our route is…
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Day 18: Westward Ho to Barnstaple
Today we left the coast behind and headed inland with mixed feelings. I love coastal walks and we will not see the sea again until the east coast of Scotland (if we make it) but I am not sorry that the terrain is going to be easier – we hope! We left Westward Ho and…
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