[1] From the village store walk to the pub and turn left. At the cross roads go straight over, passing the war memorial to your right, and follow this road past the Rackenford Club and the farms of East and West Nutcott.
[2] Take the first right, sign posted Knowstone and Molland, and follow the road through wood. Where the woods end, and at the sharp left bend, go straight ahead through a narrow gate into a field to follow right-hand fence/hedge. Go through three gates then left around some trees and onto a pedestrian gate onto metalled road.
[3] Cross over the road onto moorland. Turn left to walk parallel with the road to a group of taller trees and a pond.
(A) Rackenford and Knowstone Moor is owned by Devon Wildlife Trust. It is the largest remaining block of Culm Grassland in Devon. As you look out here, the distinction between the green of the improved grassland and the brown of the unimproved Culm is very clear. To your right are views of Exmoor (if the weather permits!)
After passing the pond on your right, bear right to follow the wide track or fire break over to a metalled road and turn left along the road to a “Two Moors Way” finger post.
[4] The next section can be very wet. Come off road in direction indicated by the finger post and follow right-hand hedge line (taking the route way-marked for pedestrians) and then turn right alongside the beech hedge using the board-walk and follow it into the hedged drove road. Follow the drove to its junction with metalled road at Backstone Cross
(B)To your left is a former toll house. This toll house was owned by the South Molton Turnpike Trust which was set up in 1759 to improve and maintain the major roads in the area. The semicircular porch allowed the toll keeper to see vehicles coming from both directions. They would have to stop and pay a toll here.
[5] Cross over and bear right along the road signposted to Creacombe. Follow the road until you reach a driveway to Creacombemoor Cottage. Turn in left (finger post) and just before gate marked private, move left off driveway to go around farm with it on your right. Just past farm go through gate into paddock and in a few yards go through small gate on left into the field. Go diagonally across field through a gate onto farm track which you follow to your right, cross in front of elegant farm house (West Backstone) and having crossed a cattle grid, turn down right through a gate and into a track.
(C) As you walk through the gate above note the slate and its inscription. “Te pauper ambit sollicita prece ruris colonus” and translated by a James Rutherford as “You the poor farmer circles with begging prayer”
[6] At the bottom of the track, follow left-hand hedge and pass through two pedestrian gates. Then go over a bridge followed by a short sharp climb and steps to go through another pedestrian gate. Keeping in roughly the same direction, go up the slope and across to pedestrian gate. Then bear right, in the direction of the way-mark and head for a 2-in-1 gate in a gap in the hedge. Now bear left to walk down to the bottom left hand corner of that field. The pedestrian gate takes you into a sunken track which ascends the hill. N.B. Steepish to start with and then levels out.
[7] Follow the track until at the top it turns sharp right. Take the far left hand gate (way-marked) into a field and follow right-hand hedge to metalled road where you turn left. The road then bears around to right, then take first right having just passed the Old Rectory and Stables, which brings you back to the start.
(D) On your right, just before the church is the well-house which shelters the village pump. Mains water did not come to the village until the 1950s.