Easy difficulty. Distance 12 miles (19 km)
This 12-mile circular is a relatively easy ride with few gates, using mainly green lanes and quiet roads which link the hamlets and farmsteads of the Corry and Yarty valleys. C3 also links up with routes C1 and C2 (see route map) for greater route flexibility. This is one of five horse-riding circuits in the Blackdown Hills National Landscape – route 3.
Riding Instructions (clockwise)
Orange line on map e.g. Start Point Millhayes (ST 231039)
1 Proceed along metalled road down across stream & up to TJ
2 L along Groundhead Road to TJ at Hornshayes Knap X, crossroad (watch for traffic) ST along track till next metalled road
3 ST at metalled road, bear L in 1/4 mile, & R over bridge in 1/2 mile
4 Uphill and ST, R at TJ in 1 mile & next L down track to Lower Lye
5 Proceed R past Lower Lye Farm to RD
6 L at RD and continue over bridge to X roads
7 L and after 3/4-mile, R up grassy track, then continue up the field and through Trebblehayes Farm buildings and across to RD at top. (If in doubt, follow parallel route on RD also marked in orange)
8 ST and follow RD through Godsworthy Farm, down to bridge and L behind Ford House, and through field gate onto BW
9 Keep level and to the R (do not follow more evident track up to L) and follow BW thro’ meadow and woods, then ST at metalled road up to Farley X
10 Fork R, after 3/4-mile fork L down to Waterhouse Farm & cross ford (use Case Bridge if River Yarty in full spate), & R at TJ
11 Take next L at “3 Ash Cross” up unmetalled road, fork R in 1/4 mile up unmetalled East Horner Lane, and along narrower grassy section (boggy at times) to RD at Heathstock
12 Cross RD to Heathstock Farm on right, then fork R (Dencroft Lane) down track and R at road
13 L thro’ Ford hamlet then uphill & R at TJ
14 L along unmetalled road to the lane at the top
15 R downhill, then 1st L down to Millhayes to complete circular
