• START GR154410 Car Park in Holford
• Follow the road through the village towards a lay-by for the A39 at (157408). Just before the lay-by turn right through the gate onto a bridleway which climbs up. After 500m turn right through another gate and descend to the valley bottom.
• Follow Holford Coombe, crossing and re-crossing the river to a small clearing & fork at (155390). Take the second right onto a grassy trail that bears right before the grass gives way to rocks. Climb up, go over a cross roads, past a pond to reach  Crowcombe Car Park. Keeping above the car park, bear right to a sandy track climbing across the moor before descending to a major junction at a large saddle (141384)
• Keep straight on for 3.5km. Just after Beacon Hill (125414) Turn right along a grass bridleway descending steeply into Smith’s Coombe. Criss-cross the river and at the first x-roads (133423) bear right and steeply up on single-track, over the ridge and down to the next stream. Climb steeply out of the coombe bearing right up the ridge of Pardlestone Hill to a junction with a grassy track at (140410).
• Turn sharpl eft for 250m down to a hard to spot sharp turning right. Take this into the trees and descend steeply into Hodder’s Coombe. Cross the stream and turn right keeping next to the stream and taking the left valley fork
• At (145394) begin to trend right before a zig-zag and steep climb lead back to the saddle at (141384). Turn first left, then left again after 800m along the crest of Black Hill and past the cairns to a faint junction at (148400)
• Turn right and descend back into Holford Coombe. Turn left along the road past the Hotel to return to Holford and the car park.

  

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