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Continue along the combined TW and BPW track to the narrow lane serving Stokehill Farm. Follow the lane for 200 metres to a T-junction with the road (Stoke Hill) which descends into the village of Stoke 0.6 miles (1km) to the left. Cross the road and go to the right for the few metres to the TW waymarked stile which in quick succession leads to another stile.

Above Stoke in autumn

Climb the stile into the field and continue alongside the hedge and tree-lined boundary to the right-hand corner where there are another two stiles in the hedge a few metres apart. Ignore the first and climb the second on to an enclosed narrow path – still with sweeping views over the Bourne Valley.

Walk along the path for 550 metres – passing two redundant stiles on the way – to reach a very narrow piece of woodland that leads into a large sloping field. Continue on the rough and quite stony field margin to the right for 375 metres to another field where there is a TW waymark post.

Bear left for 325 metres along the field edge track still downhill to a narrow lane where there are a few awkward steps – including a couple of tree roots doubling up! The TW continues directly ahead through a gate into the field opposite. The BPW meanwhile diverts on a circuitous trajectory along the narrow lane to the right which incidentally is also part of NCR 246. The BPW does though reappear later on at St Mary Bourne.