So as many of you will have guessed we have allowed the route to detour down toward the pub. Either way you could if you felt obliged have a rest in the or out here on the bench or just continue use your own free will to decide. The WMW appears on the map to have cut this corner however the signage appears to send you this way. Either way you can decide, or cache and dash this later.
The Mendip Way is an 80-kilometre (50 mi) long-distance footpath across the Mendip Hills from Weston-super-Mare to Frome. It is divided into two sections.
The West Mendip Way was opened in 1979 and starts at the Bristol Channel at Uphill Cliff. It climbs the Mendip escarpment affording views over the Somerset Levels. It then crosses the central Mendip plateau leading down to Cheddar Gorge and on to Wells. Most of the western section is within the Mendip Hills Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. From there the East Mendip Way continues through Shepton Mallet to Frome.
[source: Wikipedia]