Yeoshe two

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This is a fantastic walk across the South Somerset countryside.

The walk from Sherborne to Bradford Abbas is along well used footpaths, and is really simple to follow. As the previous review noted, there were some cows on Lenthay Common, but they were completely uniterested in me, or the many people walking dogs (and even letting them loose among the cattle...). The road into Bradford Abbas was surprisingly busy, so this took some care and attention.

The paths after Bradford Abbas are less well used, and in places quite overgrown. I enountered cattle in exactly the same place as the previous reviewer, around the railway bridge, but while they came over to check me out, they were not that excited by me (perhaps as I had no dog?). If you are very nervous around cows, then walking along the road to the south would probably be an acceptable alternative.

I struggled a bit to find the footpath to Rexe's Hollow just after Yeovil Junction station, but actually the plotting is good and I should have just paid more attention and followed exactly what it shows!

From here the walk into Yeovil is really pretty, along some interesting lanes (remember to pop off the lane and have a look at Jack the Treacle Eater, the fantastic folly on the Barwick estate. It's bonkers.) The walk through the woods is especially nice, though I suspect it might be a bit slippery in the winter - and you wouldn't want to slide down the steep slope into the road below. But still, much more pleasant than the road suggested in Yeoshe one.

All in all, a great walk that I would happily do again.

I walked this route from Yeovil to Sherborne, and found that the paths are better maintained from Bradford Abbas to Sherborne. Between Yeovil and Clifton Maybank the paths were becoming overgrown in places, especially around field boundaries and I had to hack away at nettles several times.
I walked as always with my dog and we (well, mostly him) were chased by bullocks near the Bradford Viaduct. If I didn't love cheese so much, I would be happy to see the end of cows in the countryside.
From Bradford Abbas the land was mostly arable and the paths were wide and well maintained. There were plenty of people using them too. There were a few placid cows on Lenthay Common, obviously they are used to people and dogs as they didn't bat an eyelid as we passed.
There are plenty of places to eat and drink in Yeovil and Sherborne, and there is a pub in Bradford Abbas, roughly half way along the route.

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