Day 1: Arrival in Chard. Chard to Hemyock, 25 miles (40 km).
You arrive in Chard in Somerset, a small town in a farming area on the border with Devon. After the failed Monmouth rebellion in 1685 Judge Jefferies held his Bloody Assize here in the former manor house. The building is still here, near the Elizabethan Guildhall, and you can visit the courtroom. Once you have been fitted with your bikes it is off over the border into Devon, to Hemyock in the Blackdown Hills.
Day 2: Hemyock to Beer, 28 miles (45 km).
Leaving Hemyock you travel south, via Broadhembury and Ottery St Mary, to the charming seaside village of Beer, near Seaton.
Day 3: Beer to Chard, 28 miles (45 km).
The next day takes you to Axminster, situated on the River Axe. This small town was made famous for its Axminster Carpets, invented by Thomas Whitty in 1775, a design similar to Turkish Carpets. Caster Hill House, where the carpets were originally produced can still be seen. From Axminster you follow the river Yarty back to Chard.
Day 4: Chard to Crewkerne, 15 miles (24 km).
The final day sees you following the edge of the Somerset levels to Crewkerne. Transport will be arranged to take you back to your car or to the nearest train station.
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