Modbury

MAX MILES ON FOOT: 4.5 MIN TIME: 4 HOURS

SOMERSET has always topped our list of favourite places. It never fails to impress, with lovely landscapes, history, quaint communities, drives through empty lanes and, of course, a wonderful stretch

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To escape the crowds in high summer head for a little known corner of the county near Ripon

■ Distance: 7¼ miles/11.5km ■ Time: 4 hours ■ Grade: Moderate

This trip is confusing me. One moment I feel like I’m in New Zealand, surrounded by dense tree ferns in a damp and mossy glade above a waterfall. A couple of hours later I’m bombarded by ker-chings of