2015-10-01 Homersfield and Denton

Meet at the Homersfield lay-by off the B1062.

Head SW towards the village.
At the village sign, bear right, NW, towards the Black Swan (Refreshments - closed in the afternoon).
After the pub, head NW to the B1062, crossing the oldest concrete bridge in Great Britain. Continue NW.
At the busy A143, turn right, NE. Cross the road at the traffic island.
Head right, NE, past the Dove tea rooms and Farmer's Kitchen.
Head NE and cross Station Road. Head into Low Road, NE, and approach the converted railway engine sheds.
Opposite the engine sheds, turn left, north, up the drive. Don't turn left into Holbrook Cottage.
Turn left at an easily missed un-gated gap up the bank with wooden railings right. Go up some steps.
At the field, bear right, north, hedge right, along the perimeter of the garden.
After the house, the path bends NW, hedge right. At the first hedge gap, kink right and left. Head NW, hedge left.
At the end of the field, cross the sleeper bridge, north. The path bends right, then left. Head west of north, hedge right.
At the end of the field, at a T junction, continue north, hedge left.
At the first house continue north onto the driveway. The drive bends NW, then north again.
At Denton Road, tarmac, cross over. The woodland track ahead soon bends NE.
At drainage ditches don't take the first path to the left. Continue NE across a wider sleeper bridge.
Just after the wide sleeper bridge, turn left, NW.
This path, NW, crosses a sleeper bridge and leads to a wide grassy area with mature trees on both sides.
Ignore a path to the right. The path bends left, more west. Ignore a second path to the left over a sleeper bridge.
If there's a diagonal path, reinstated to the right, take this. Otherwise head NW, hedge left.
At the end of the field, turn right, a little east of north and continue hedge and trees left.
Go through the gap. The diagonal path, if present, re-joins here.
Head a little east of north and continue hedge and trees left. There's a nice valley view.
At the bottom of the dip, kink left and right and cross the wooden footbridge, north.
Head north uphill. The path divides. Take the left branch through a gate or stile into the meadow, hedge right.
Pass the pond, left. Continue north, hedge right. Look for a right turn up the bank, over a stile and through the hedge.
Head a little south of east over the open field. Steer 104 degrees if the path has not been reinstated.
At the gap in the hedge, go through and kink right and left. Then continue on the same bearing.
At the tarmac, cross over into Middle Road and head SE.
At the T junction, turn right, south following the power lines which also head south.
At the bottom of the dip, cross the road and stream and head south into Church Hill.
The road bends right, SW, and left, south, and finally right, west.
When the tarmac bends south again, turn off and head west on the wide gravel farm accrss road.
After the last barn, the wide gravel track reverts to a grassy field perimeter path, west, hedge left.
At the end of the field, turn left, south, hedge left. This is now re-tracing the outward walk.
At the end of the field, the path bends right. After 20 metres turn left, south, over the sleeper bridge.
Cross the farm access track and head south, hedge right. There are good views over the Waveney Valley.
Just before the perimeter bends left, kink right and left through the hedge gap. Continue south, hedge left.
Follow the garden perimeter, hedge left. Turn left down some steps and head down the bank, railings left.
At the drive, head right, downhill towards the tarmac road. Turn right, SW towards the Dove tea rooms.
Cross the busy A143 using the traffic island. Head right, SW then turn left, south onto the B1062.
Don't take the road towards Wortwell. Head SE. Cross the B1062 and turn right into the picnic area, SE.
Re-cross the oldest concrete bridge. Pass the pub. Bear left at the village sign, NE. Return to the layby.