If you know the Lorna Doone story, this self-guided walk will take you through the countryside in which R D Blackmore set his novel. The walk passes the ruins of the Doone's property, the water slide, walks alongside the Badgeworthy (Badgery) Water and on to Oare church, the scene where Carver shot Lorna Doone. The walk itself takes you over the moorland of Brendon Common and down the picturesque Badgeworthy Water valley with its rhododendron bushes.
SPECIFICATIONS
Distance: 8 miles approximately
Degree of Difficulty: Steady, but muddy in parts
Start Grid Ref: SS 792 478
Eating Places: Malmsmead; Cloud Farm
Toilets: at the start car park only
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