This route is more indirect than Marbur two, and this is its main weakness, but it is a really nice walk, and having walked Marbur one, which is a flawed route overall, but used the lovely path through the lBroadmead Brook valley, I felt that it would be good if that option was kept available to Slow Ways walkers. From West Littleton the route takes a gravelly track east along the edge of a shallow valley. Once across that, it is a tranquil, pleasurable walk along the valley of the Broadmead Brook, with access through iron field gates with little chains that you need to lift over the gateposts to undo them....

Mockymock

Turn right for a few metres towards the road sign and you will see your ongoing path on the other side of the carriageway into the field corner opposite. There follows two straightish miles along a quiet minor road to the hamlet of West Kington. From now on the route is more off-road, first making its way around the yards and access road of a farmstead to join a footpath along the edges of horse pastures to Nettleton Green....

Mockymock

This is a very frustrating route this because the middle section along the Broadmead Brook valley is beautiful and the Burton end is fine too (unless you have an aversion to horses - a lot of them about!) but the section between Marshfield and the entrance to the valley is pretty unsatisfactory....

Mockymock

We had to go off route due to the path being inaccessible in places - a real shame given the scenery was lovely....

Lucie

Overall this part of the MacMillan Way suffers from poor stewardship and as a Slow Ways route it was not passable - we had to do a bit of road walking on a really busy stretch to avoid an inaccessible part of the suggested route....

Sara Huws

Between Littleton Drew and Luckington was incredibly difficult walking - there was electric fencing blocking the first field twice, stiles were very overgrown (and one was completely broken and impassable), and there was limited footpath signage and no discernible route for much of it, meaning tramping through thigh high meadows over pretty rough ground. It didn't feel like an accessible or advisable route for anyone without a fair amount of experience (and a good map) to undertake. The section from Luckington to Sherston was much better though and would recommend this stretch....

Stephanie Wetherell