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Dewlish and Cheselbourne

26/2/2014

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26th February 2014
Dewlish
Peter
Peter, Clive, Ray, Rob.
6.4 miles
The Oak Dewlish
The Oak
From the small car park in front of the pub we walked north along the road over the crossroads and down to the farm where we turned left onto the marked footpath.  It was quite muddy at first but dried out as we made our way up the long but quite gentle slope leading towards Cheselbourne.  Unfortunately when we arched the top of the third field, intending to walk across to the now closed River Arms we found that the field was flooded and extremely muddy.  We took a detour intending to turn off the road onto the next footpath but there was no sign of this and a continuous barbed wire fence along the side of the road.  We instead walked across the top of the next field until we were able to join the proper route.
We took a circular route around Cheselbourne so we could look down and across the valley from above the church even though this meant a bit of a climb.
Heading north east out of Cheselbourne we made a small unplanned deviation around Whitelands Downs.  This presented us with a small item of agricultural machinery on which to sit and have our coffee.
After crossing the Binghams Melcombe to Dawlish road we turned south east and followed a path that runs almost parallel to the river.  After a while we chose to stay on the higher path as the are around the river looked very wet.  We kept on this path all the way through Brook Farm and back into Dawlish.
Feeling energetic we then did a circuit around Dawlish that took us up the quite steep road to the top of the hill just before Parsonage Farm where we turned right into Park Hill Woods.  There was a lovely display of snowdrops here.  We then followed the marked footpath back down to the bottom of the valley across the footbridge and back to The Oak.
Lunch at The Oak was very good, not expensive and the service was excellent.  Liver and bacon casserole with mash and veg £7.95.  THREE sausages, 1 egg and chips was only £6.95.  For those with larger appetites an extra egg and beans made this £8.65.
An excellent walk, an excellent lunch, excellent company - what more could you want?  Answers on a postcard.

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Where's the path?
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The church at Cheselbourne
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Hurdling
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Nearly there
1 Comment
The Thursday Walkers
21/3/2018 06:50:33 am

Your blog continues to provide us with much inspiration for our Thursday Walks. We followed your Cheselbourne/Dewlish route last week and enjoyed a lovely lunch at the Royal Oak at Dewlish afterwards. A great walk but EVER so muddy.

Thank-you for continuing to generously share your walking exploits. We eagerly await updates to your blog.

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