Day 68 Somerton to Langport via Long Sutton

What a lovely spring day! Perfect for our planned walk from Somerton to Langport avoiding the main road. Heading off down Ricksey Lane we have a short section of the busy B3165 road as we climb towards South Hill. We walked the same way as our Day 64 walk but instead of heading back towards Pitney as we approach Upton we continue on the Macmillan Way and follow this into Long Sutton. The main A372 road is closed for resurfacing so the walk into the centre of the village is unusually quiet.

There are some lovely old cottages and houses in Long Sutton and strolling along the back roads you see more of this lovely community than is usual from the main road through its centre. The Village Green is perfect under a warm sun and blue sky and we are sidetracked into the Dev (The Devonshire Arms) for a cold drink. We have long abandoned our outer layers and are walking in T shirts.

Perhaps I should have given the pint of cider a miss as it is a struggle to get going once again. We are continuing to follow the Macmillan Way and are now heading across the Levels with Long Sutton Church behind us, Muchelney Church away to our left and ahead the towers of the three Churches at Huish Episcopi and Langport.

An error in navigation puts us on the wrong side of the River as we pass the abattoir and we have to retrace our steps or face a long detour via Muchelney. It does mean we have to navigate a particularly high stile for a second time but better that than not turning back.

The last part of the walk is on the Parrett Trail into Langport and we arrive at 3.05 to discover that the cafe at Bow Wharf closed at 3.00 so we continue to the Parrett Cafe for a sandwich and coffee (Ian) and a cream tea (Mary). On the plus side we are now in the right place to catch the bus back to Somerton, which we do!

10 miles