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Take time out Walk By hook or by Crook... around the Peak tart in King’s Wood Continue on the track Scar park where the which runs along the National Trust invites stone wall on your donations of £1. right. The views Dogs are welcome get better as you in the area but continue. Look owners should note out for Cheddar the ‘free-roaming reservoir in the cattle’ sign on the distance and for the gate. free-roaming ponies blocking the track! Go through the wooden gate at the The track will gradually back of the car park and get steeper again and you take the track on the will climb up a steep How to get there right going uphill. hill. When you reach the top you will see Start at map ref: Follow the Crook Peak. Here ST 422561 track through you can have a Car: the woodland well-earned picnic Park at the King’s continuing on while enjoying the Wood car park the right. It will extraordinary 360 off the A38 at gradually get degree views of the Winscombe Hill steeper until you North Somerset coast, reach a green at the Bus: the Somerset levels and top where glorious 126 Wells to across to Cheddar and views await. Weston-super-Mare Wells. 16 • North Somerset Life • AprilMonth 2014 Year Walk Take time out Route information Distance: 3 miles Difficulty: Some steep sections Crook Peak has been an important Duration: landmark and boundary since early 1.5 hours (including times. The origins of the name are picnic time) unclear. Some believe the name ‘Crook’ comes from the old English ‘cruc’ Map: meaning ‘peak’ or ‘pointed hill’ while OS Explorer 141 others believe that the peak represents a witch’s hat! There are also cave deposits of interest on the south side of Crook Peak. Picken’s Hole is of considerable importance because of its clear, well-stratified sequence of deposits and faunas. To find out more about the history of this area, ‘The Book of Winscombe’ by local Start/finish author Margaret Tucker is available in local libraries. The book includes a wealth of knowledge about the area including a ghost story about local resident George Belcham. It was his desire that after his death he © Crown copyright and database rights 2014 Ordnance Survey 100023397 should be buried at the crossroads in You are not permitted to copy, sub-license, distribute or sell this data to third parties in any form. Winscombe. He often repeated the words “If ‘ee don’t. I’ll trouble ‘ee”. He did not get his wish as the village decided that he should be buried in the churchyard. However, exactly a year after his death heavy thuds were heard on his stairway, dancing across the floor, scattering tables and chairs. This strange episode was witnessed by several responsible villagers. After your picnic, return to King’s Wood car park the way you came, following the track that runs along the stone wall. www.n-somerset.gov.uk • NorthSomersetC • NorthSomersetCouncil • 17 .

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