Bickleigh Devon

A good day's walk had by all from the picturesque village of Bickleigh. The walk was about 6 miles, the footpath ran along the river Exe towards Tiverton. Starting from the bridge that the locals say inspired Paul Simon to write the song 'Bridge over troubled waters', when he stayed at the local inn. We hoped to turn the existing walk into a circular one by skirting around 'Back Wood'; after climbing up steeply in the woods in the hope of finding a path, we were forced to return to the orignal path. It was still a beautiful walk with great company. Bev only managing to fall twice, Paul once, Pete once and a near miss from Lian and Brian B. We returned to the 'Fisherman's Cot ' and had a well earned drink and carvery. We sang all our favourite Simon and Garfunkel songs in the car on the way to Macdonald's for our pudding. The Mcflurrys went down very well as we discussed what a lovely day we had and how we would love the rest of the group to experience it one day. One Step Beyond Somerset!

Winford Walk

Just five of us set out on the Winford Walk on an overcast Sunday!

Brian and Bev organised the walk, we set off from Winford Church on the shorter of the Winford walks, we walked under the 19th Century pipeline taking water from the Mendips via gravity into the reservoirs of Barrow. Part of the Monarch's Way was joined to take us to Dundry, where we stopped for lunch. There were spectacular views through the mist out to Barrow Tanks and the Severn Crossings. We returned through the churchyard back to Winford and on to the Prince of Waterloo for a pint of ale or two and a bowl of chips!

Another great walk for the One Step Beyonders!

One Step Beyond On Tour - Dartmoor

The first away day for the One Step Beyonders was to Dartmoor. Two walks were arranged, the first on Saturday, followed the impressive river Dart from New Bridge, along it's banks to Dartmeet where we climbed towards Huccaby, Combstone Tor, Venford Reservoir, Holne and back via the Two Moors Way into New Bridge! This 7hr walk was approx 10.5 miles and felt much further, continually climbing rocks where the path dissappeared and then returning to the river. We stayed at the excellent Cridford Inn, a glass of Champagne and Katey Rose toasted our first extravaganza before we sat down to a lovely meal. The people at the Cridford Inn could not have been more welcoming.

The next morning with aching limbs we challenged ourselves to another walk, dealing with a different terrain out into the moor and a shorter distance of 6.5miles. After a cracking breakfast, we started out from Saddle Tor taking in Haytor and the Granite Tramway to Holwell Tor. Crossing Becka Brook via a clapper bridge we climbed to Greator Rocks for lunch. We picked our way through Hemsworthy Mire and climbed again to Saddle Tor. Cream Teas in Widecombe completed a great weekend. Good walks and good company, what more could you ask for?

Nunney Castle 2

Nunney castle 2 retraced the steps of our first Nunney Castle walk but the second stage of the walk followed the intended path out to the Sun Inn and back via the Quarry, the viewing platform was open and some of us found it very interesting. The walk took just over 3hrs, 8 of us took part finishing up in the George Inn for a well deserved pint! Next week Dartmoor!!