[1] START From the Visitor Centre (SS884468) bear L to the junction with the main road and go R, taking the next R fork just after the Ship Inn (on your L). Follow the road, which soon forks R along a rough lane signed for Porlock Weir (note the yellow Coleridge Way quill waymark), with views over Porlock Bay. At the next signed junction, continue heading for Porlock Weir (ignoring an unmarked path) and maintain your direction at the following junction. Cross a footbridge and pass the Porlock Ford Community Hall to reach a lane. Turn L uphill through Worthy Wood, and when the lane swings round to the L, bear R (as signed). Go R at the T-junction at the top, signed for Yearnor Mill Bridge.

[2] Turn L when you reach Worthy Toll Road and R at the next road junction. The lane, which provides good views north over the Bristol Channel, leads past Ash Farm to join the route of the South West Coast Path just before Silcombe Farm. The two share the same route until a lane is reached just before Broomstreet Farm.

[3] Turn L up to the A39, cross over and follow the footpath along the field edge, turning R at the bottom. Continue with the fence on your L (there are excellent views over Exmoor from up here) to reach a conifer plantation. At the four-way junction, continue ahead, bearing slightly R to meet another fence (on your L) and carry on alongside it, taking the next fork R as signed. This is a fine section leading you above Deddy Combe to reach the road at Oare. (Detour L here to visit the church, RD Blackmore’s setting for Lorna Doone’s wedding.)

[4] Turn R and take the next bridleway on the L, which leads past Oaremead Farm. Just beyond the farm, a grassy bridleway leads up R to County Gate if you’re breaking the route at this point (the views from this path higher up are glorious). Carrying on the main route, the path heads alongside Oare Water, then climbs the slopes of Ashton Cleave and continues at a higher level (with fine views) before descending once more to the valley at Brendon.

[5] Turn L along the road, passing the bridge on your L, and take the next turn on the L – a driveway leading to Countisbury Mill. Continue along the path beside the East Lyn River to Rockford. The route carries on along the north side of the river all the way to Lynmouth and the National Park Visitor Centre (SS722496), passing famous Watersmeet, where the East Lyn River and Hoaroak Water converge.