Though Green Lane lies on the plateau, the plateau is far from absolutely level, and here there is quite a hump in it, so you haven't quite finished climbing. The lane is indeed green, in that trees line both sides, but behind them on the right are the modern houses of Raymond's Hill, while on the left is farm country, which lies in Dorset; for the county boundary has diverged from the Crewkerne Road to follow Green Lane. As the lane slopes down from the hump, you see ahead to where vehicles are whirling past, a ceaseless exchange of flashing metal east and west along the A 35 highway.

Make this dangerous crossing with all deliberate speed. From the right especially, cars keep sprouting into sight around a blind curve, and they're all coming too fast. Not long ago, an old man in a motorized wheelchair tried to get across here; was killed.

The house behind high hedges on the farther right corner is called Devon Gate, being the first house in Devon as the highway comes from the east.

Opposite to Green Lane is Red Lane. The morose and probably untrue story is that its bloody name derived from a gibbet that at this crossroads.

Whereas its Green sister is humped upward, Red Lane dips through a shallow hollow in the plateau, in which it finds a quieter road running by.

The crossing road is Harcombe Lane. You don't want to turn up it rightward since you can see that it comes from among the houses of Raymond's Hill, but you could follow it down its valley to the left ==. Otherwise (and either way will get you to the same place after a while) keep on up Red Lane to the next crossing.

Once when I came along here in the winter each tuft of grass, covered by snow, had a blue shadow on its north side.

On your right is a triangular horse-paddock, defined by this lane and another coming from Raymond's Hill. In fact the lanes crossing this district of upland in their own directions intersect in a pattern of triangles, some of which are occupied by the newish settlement of Raymond's Hill. These two lanes meet at another crossroads.

Again, you don't want to go back into Raymond's Hill, so you can keep on ahead. Or angle left.