After that I had to cross fields of sweetcorn, where unfortunately it was shortly before harvest and the crop was thick and towering over me. I walked the field edge path, which wasn't great, there isn't really a path and the crop is planted almost to the hedgerow. Some of the paths on the map have disappeared, so I stuck to the forestry commission tracks, but they don't connect well with the other plantations, so following this route, when you get to locked gates at a water/drainage station look right for a narrow path through the woodland. After this path, you have to cross the B3170, and go through a gate to the next plantation. Look right and follow a firm narrow path that leads you uphill and then to a proper track. I couldn't work out where the path was, until I realised the path was a stream. The crops will be gone soon, so those fields will be easy to cross most of the time....

Helen Gough

The route makes it look like you can merge onto the Stop Line, a disused railway, but you have to cross the bridge then turn right and right again to get to the line. There are 2 sections of this route that use the Stop Line, which is a shared cycle/footpath. At other times of the year, there are probably more views, but at the moment the fields are planted with corn, and it's really tall right now....

Helen Gough

When the houses are built I'm sure there will be a way through, but right now it's fenced off, and looks like it will be for months, if not years. I know there isn't a bridge across the M5 on the byway, and I'm 90% sure there isn't an underpass. I don't like either option, but I think Ford Street isn't as busy as Junction 26....

Helen Gough

I walked from Ilminster as far as Seavington St Michael where I turned off to camp at Lopen Head. The first part, once you have left Ilminster, is along lanes and through the woods, and is very pleasant. But I lost the route around the Knott Oak dairy and ended up wading through wild overgrown fields - check your map against the footpaths very carefully!...

Andrew Davies

Not for those who like scrambling up and down rocky or muddy hills, this is an easy flat walk through lovely countryside. I loved the bits of history along the way too....

Andrew Davies

I saw that a lot of the route was over footpaths across farmland, none of them part of a recognised trail, and I was prepared for a battle with crops, livestock and overgrown paths. There were a couple of places where crops were across the path, but in the first case (at Stockbridge) there was a path around the field edge, and the second time it was easy to walk through the crops without damaging them. I would advise a map and/or GPS to find the exits, some are easy to walk past....

Helen Gough

I really enjoyed parts of this walk, but there were also a couple of sections that made me swear loudly (sorry universe). My first problem was at Bolham Farm where I had to walk through a field of cows. I threw my dog over the gate, and jumped over myself, swearing loudly the whole time. I was in a foul mood by now, but immediately after this, the route follows a ridge top walk with really lovely views of rolling green countryside. Parts of this section were tricky without signage through the farms. The best news is that this section is very short, just a few yards and after this there really aren't any serious problems. I really enjoyed walking through Jan Hobbs Nature Reserve, which gave shade and wildlife after several miles of lanes. All in all, it's a good walk, with some really great highlights, just be prepared!...

Helen Gough

Firstly at the Hemyock the route is plotted along field boundaries, not rights of way. Secondly it has a stretch of walking along the A303 where there is no path....

Helen Gough

The footpath that then leads away from the road is a dead-end, as it leads to a boggy wood where the footbridge across is has collapsed. Also the footpath from Seavington St Michael to Frogmary Green has been changed, and this route is blocked by hedgerow. Use Ilmsou 2 which avoids these problems...

Helen Gough

Mostly a nice walk, in winter there are muddy, but passable sections....

Helen Gough

It is also known as The Stop Line, which originally went from Burnham to Seaton and was fortified to prevent the German army from advancing through the country should they invade via the West Country. The Covid pandemic is bad, but at least you didn't have to send your children away to be brought up by unvetted strangers/ at least you didn't have to bring up the children of unvetted strangers. You may have demoralised everyone who lived to the west of you, but you gave me my first clean walk of the winter, and my tri-coloured collie was still tri-coloured at the end of it....

Helen Gough

Route is fine apart from the way in/out of Ilminster which involves a mile of road walking, on a B road where there is no path. Use IlmCre two instead...

Helen Gough

Decent route between Crewkerne and Ilminster via Hinton St George using footpaths and quiet lanes. Coming into Ilminster you go through a field with horses behind electric fences, and for some reason the land owner has put a barrier across the path....

Helen Gough

Good hard paths along length, cycleway tarmac near towns at both ends. One fairly busy country lane to cross, where cars move quite fast, but visibility is good. Easy to navigate route....

PhilthyOne

What's interesting is that there is a more direct route following this old railway line for the whole length, that is part of SusTrans route 33....

PhilthyOne

Route follows a mix of farmland paths and permissive access along the old Ilminster to Chard railway line. Easily followed, but map will be required. Long sections of tarmac as well as paths over farmland, which can be muddy....

PhilthyOne