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Green HillGreen Hill is the centre of the southern moor. It is topped by a small cairn and provides some of the best pasture on the southern moor. The north and east sides fringe the southern fen of Fishlake (there's always something a bit lugubrious about Fishlake). Green Hill takes a few hours to walk to and so you have to commit yourself for this walk.Park at Cross Furzes (SX 700666) and follow the path of the old Abbot's Way (or Jobber's Path) over Lambs Down, Water Oak Corner and then head NW along the ridge to Puper's Hill. Carry on past Snowdon and thence to Ryder's Hill. Then walk down the grassy SW slopes of Ryder's Hill until you get to the sloped Avon valley. You then cross the river and folow the contours around the wet ground of Fishlake Mire until you get to Green Hill. Ascend the hiil and head for the diminutive cairn (you might need a compass for this). Then walk over to Red Lake, climb the tipheap to admire the views and then proceed due east until you get to the Avon valley. Head on down to the clapper bridge, croos the river and proceed to Huntingdon Cross. From there you follow the Abbot's way back to Water Oak corner and so to Cross Furzes.This is a substantial walk of about 12 miles. The worst walking ground are the grassy slopes of Ryder's Hill although Fishlake is very boggy if you try to take a short cut across it. However, this part of the moor is very exposed and isolated and it would be easy to get confused if the mist came down. No military anywhere near.
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