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Once over, join a footpath running through woodland above the Bargod Valley that was known locally as ‘The Coffin Trail’.

This footpath passes the site of the Swigod Arms (Blue Tit Arms), a hostelry that was a frequent refreshment stop for bearers and mourners as they passed along here on the way to and from funerals at Penboyr Church. Sadly, the pub poured its last drink over 100 years ago!

The path eventually reaches a stile on the left and once over walk round the right edge of a field before descending through more woodland to another stile, giving access to a pasture, which is crossed, to a stile beside a gate on the opposite side. Once over, ford a small stream then swing away rightwards on a grassy track, keeping left where it forks, but where it swings sharp left, back on itself, go right along the top of a steep bank with views to the right over farms and houses on the outskirts of Drefelin. The path soon begins to descend towards the valley, but at a waymarker sign bear left and descend through woodland, going left at the bottom, along a track which zigzags down to the right, then left, before reaching a pedestrian gate leading onto a footpath between fences, soon joining the road through Drefelin.