This walk just outside Horrabridge is just over 6 miles. Its a circular walk of around 3 or so hours in length. We start at the car park opposite Long Ash Garden Centre and go in a clock wise direction towards across heath land to a tarmacked path for around a mile that leads us downhill into the Walkham Valley.

At the bottom we meet the river Walkham and then cross over a bridge where the rivers Walkham and Tavy meet. After crossing the bridge we have to navigate a rocky outcrop for a few metres, a steep climb which can be slippery when wet so extreme care is needed here, but the effort well worth it.

After that the path evens out and widens down to the bank of the river Walkham. The path is well worn here and again care is needed due to rocks and tree branches. We then join the Drake trail that leads us into a meadow and a climb up to join the cycle route 27.

We then continue along the old GWR railway line from Plymouth to Tavistock (Plym Valley) converted into a cycle path for around 2 miles. We cross the Gem Bridge built in 2012 to replace the original bridge and further on Maggie Viaduct, (a local name as The Maggie Inn was close by)  built by Brunel. This bridge is unusual because it was built with blue Staffordshire brick!

Soon we reach the site of Horrabridge station where we turn very sharp right and follow the trackway that becomes grassy and continue across the heath for around 10 minutes and return to the car park.