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From the pub, turn right past the small green and follow the pavement as it rises by the church.<\/p>\n
Drop back down to the road.\u00a0 Cross , go right, ignore Rectory Lane and go right in Highfield Lane.<\/p>\n
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After climbing about 0.25 miles, at a right bend, take the footpath left up steps to a kissing gate (KG), Bear right up the field to a KG. Turn left along the edge, bend and exit through a gate to the road. Turn left for a few yards and fork right on Cowleaze Lane hedged track (ignore path up steps).<\/p>\n
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Continue along. It becomes concrete and where a track comes in from right, leave Cowleaze Lane and head right to a KG. Cross field to bottom left corner. Drop down and go right through a KG . Follow the left hedge in a small field, go through a KG along a path over a footbridge. There\u2019s another KG into a bigger field. Go ahead and two thirds of the way along, go left through a KG and then right down the next field.<\/p>\n
Reach a lane and turn left down to West Harptree.<\/p>\n
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Turn right along the main road.\u00a0 Go over the B3114 and head straight up the track by the Old Smithy.\u00a0 This is Whistley Lane.\u00a0 Follow it for about half a mile. Several minutes after a farm, turn right over a large footbridge. Continue to a stone footbridge. Turn left across the stream through a KG, and in the field parallel the left edge. In the far corner go out through a KG onto a lane. Turn left past several homes.<\/p>\n
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Go over a stone bridge over the River Chew. At the bend, turn left over a stile and small footbridge.\u00a0 Follow the stream on your right, go through two KGs by a large oak into a field. Follow the left hedge. Go through another KG in the corner and follow the right hedge heading towards the hill.\u00a0 After a KG, cross the field to another KG. Go over a rough verge to a lane. Turn right.<\/p>\n
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After the farmhouse, turn left through a KG and climb straight up to reach a hedge left. Follow it up and go through a KG in the corner. Continue the climb and keep on up to a KG. This leads to a footpath under trees. Tackle a very steep section to a level area. Carry on the climb and reach the viewpoint,\u00a0 Prospect Stile.<\/p>\n
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Turn left on a narrow track. Later, take the left hand, drier path. At a T-junction go right through a KG and along a fenced path alongside the field. Continue over two stiles, through West End Farm to the lane.<\/p>\n
Turn left and at the next junction go left through Hinton Blewett.<\/p>\n
Bend round past the church and reach the green and the Ring O Bells on the left.<\/p>\n
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