Land's End to John O'Groats 5 Cannington, Somerset I'm still moving on steadily, I've travelled through the lovely Exmoor National Park and then over the Quantock Hills and across the border into Somerset (3 counties travelled through!) to arrive in pretty Cannington. The Wild Hunt was supposed to have roamed the Quontocks......"It is told that one man who dared to cross it about midnight heard the sounds of a pack of hounds in full cry, and for a time wondered what fetched "the old squire" out hunting at that time of night. However, as there was evidently a good run going on, he hastened to open the field gate toward which the pack was coming, and stood by to watch. And when the dogs came through, they were not the squire's, but terrible great black dogs, with fiery red tongues lolling out, and the gentleman with them was riding a great black horse without a head." (By Rhiannon on The Modern Antiquarian. ) This area was first settled in the Iron Age, and a fort from this era can be found on a limestone ridge just outside the present village. The name of the village comes from Cantuc, and old British word for ridge, and ton from the Saxon for settlement, the original name was therefore Cantucton, or hill (Quantock) village. Cannington is a community of about 2,500 souls, there is are two churches here, a school, a farming college, but best of all, there is the Oatley Vineyard producing English wine from the Kernling and Madeleine Angevine grapes. The owners also write a Vineyard Blog keeping friends and customers up to date with vineyard events. In the 1960's quarrying destroyed the old Christian cemetery outside the village, many of those interred were brought to the cemetery at the parish church of St. Mary's, one of those reburied was an unidentified girl child of around 16 years of age, she is now known as the Child Of Cannington and a wooden statue in the church commemorates her. There are a fair few places to stay in and around the village, including the splendid looking Blackmore Farm, a former 14th century manor house. One of the rooms at Blackmoor Farm. I can get dinner tonight at The Friendly Spirit which advertises 'an extensive grill and fresh seafood menu, or I could get a traditional roast dinner at the King's Head, followed by a game of skittles in the King's Head's own skittle alley. Cannington circled on a map of South East England. Total Distance Travelled = 244 kilometers Rowing 84k Walking 61k Running 21k X-training 22k Cycling 56k