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From the open grassy area behind the Jolly
Farmer pub with your back to the pub, you'll see a wooden Permissive
Horse Ride sign on your left.
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Take this track through the woods (it runs
parallel to the railway line).
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Cross over the small wooden bridge, keeping
the railway line on your left.
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Keep going across the open heathland, until
you come to a large bridge (the "Monkey Bridge") over the
railway line.
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Cross this bridge, afterwards taking the right
fork in the path through the woods, passing a small paddock on your
right.
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Continue straight until the path forks.
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Take the left fork at the Permissive Horse
Ride sign, then turn right and then left at the next Permissive Horse
Ride sign. You'll be on a fairly sandy little track.
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Turn left just before the gorse bushes along
an open track (the railway line should be in front of you a little
way off).
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Turn left at the end of this track, so the
railway line is parallel to the path and on your right.
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Cross back over the Monkey Bridge.
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Once over the bridge, take the path straight
ahead which crosses an open grassy area and then onto a wide, long
sandy track (good for a canter).
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Keep going along this wide track, passing
a wooden bench on your left.
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At the end of the track is a large, sandy
open space. Turn left at the Permissive Horse Ride sign toward the
Salt Box Road car park.
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Continue past the Salt Box Road car park (its
on the right as you ride through).
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Enter the woods, continuing until you come
out of the trees and cross over a small grassy area.
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Keep right onto the access road heading toward
Monkey Bridge (there are a few houses on your right).
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Turn left before the bridge and back along
the track you originally rode up.
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Before the sandy part of the track ends, look
for a track to your left ("Mount Pleasant") and follow this
track across the open heathland.
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Keep going straight until you reach a hard
tarmac track.
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Turn right onto this track.
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Follow the tarmac track over a little wooden
bridge, staying on the hard track which veers to the left after the
bridge.
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Cross straight over the access road at the
end of the track, passing to the right of the wooden access barrier.
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Turn left, following the Permissive Horse
Ride signs up Jordan Hill (lovely canter here on sandy ground).
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At the top of Jordan Hill, turn right and
go across the top, past the little wooden bench on your left and down
the hill the other side through the trees until you come to another
access road.
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At the access road, turn right passing Gooserye
House on your left.
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When the access road divides, take the right
fork, then on your left will be another Permissive Horse Ride.
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Take this path, which crosses an access road
(there will be a house on your left).
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Follow this Permissive Horse Ride through
the woods, until you reach a wooden barrier, passing to the right
of the barrier and turn left onto the access road.
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Immediately on your right there is a Permissive
Horse Ride sign (its easy to miss, so keep a look out).
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Take this track until you see a wooden bridge
to the right.
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Turn left, away from this bridge.
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Continue straight ahead until the path meets
the access road.
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Turn right onto the access road.
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You'll end up on the grassy area next to the
Jolly Farmer pub.