The Monmouthshire Way: Day 1 Chepstow to Lower Veddw
A gentle 8 mile walk on the Monmouthshire Way from Chepstow; walking in my own back yard (loosely) Date walked: 24th November 2021 Map used: Ordnance Survey Explorer OL 14- Wye Valley and Forest Of Dean (having downloaded the route onto my phone). Distance: about 8 miles. This is the first part of Stage 1 of the route as shown on the website for the Way (see below) Website for path: There is no written guide to the path but this website has the basics. ************** For those of you...
Review of “The Welsh Coast” a book of photography by Peter Watson
Publisher: Frances Lincoln Published 2010 ISBN 9780711231115 Hardback : 113 pages Price: £16.99 Signed copies can be obtained directly from the photographer at his website. I am grateful to him for allowing me to use his images for this post. I...
Wales Coast Path: Llanenddwyn to Harlech
Date walked: 3rd April 2014 Distance walked: 11.3 miles Cumulative total of miles walked along The Wales Coast Path: 535 The official website of the Wales Coast path is http://www.walescoastpath.gov.uk/default.aspx OS map required: OL 18 -...
Wales Coast Path: Llwyngwril to Llanenddwyn
Date walked: April 2nd 2014 Distance walked: around 12 miles Cumulative total of miles walked along The Wales Coast Path: 524 The official website of the Wales Coast path is http://www.walescoastpath.gov.uk/default.aspx OS map required: OL23 -...
Wales Coast Path: Aberdovey to Llwyngwril
Date walked: 1st April 2014 Distance: 12.4.miles Cumulative total of miles walked along The Wales Coast Path: 512 The official website of the Wales Coast path is http://www.walescoastpath.gov.uk/default.aspx OS map required: OL23 - Cadair Idris...
A review of “The Old Ways” by Robert Macfarlane
Published by Hamish Hamilton ISBN 978-0-241-14381-0 Paperback edition here at Amazon for £6.99! (the pics are just for pretty) Robert Macfarlane is a Fellow of Emmanuel College, Cambridge with a post of Senior Lecturer in Post-WWII...
A circular walk from Salisbury to Old Sarum
Date walked: 16th February 2014 Map used: OS Explorer 130; Salisbury and Stonehenge Distance: around 8 miles (that includes a lot of wandering round Old Sarum and some doubling back where the paths were flooded.) There are public toilets at Old...
A guided walk around Salisbury (part 2)
Dearly beloved, my text this morning continues to be inspired by following a walk around Salisbury as published in “Short walks in English Towns” by Bryn Frank. (1988). The first part of this blog was published last week. We had left Frank's route...
A guided walk around Salisbury, Wiltshire (part 1)
Dearly beloved, I take as my text this morning “Short walks in English Towns” by Bryn Frank. Published in 1988 it covers 10 towns and cities, one of which is Salisbury, so having booked a holiday there I thought it would be fun to follow his route...
A walk around Grovely Woods near Wilton, Wiltshire
Date walked: 10th February 2014 Distance: About 8 miles Map used:OS Explorer 130: Salisbury and Stonehenge There are no facilities of any kind on the path but there are shops in Wilton. *********************************** In what proved to be the...
Three peaks in the Brecon Beacons: Corn Du, Pen-y-Fan and Cribyn
Date walked: 4th January 2014 Distance: around 8.5 miles Map required: Ordnanace Survey OL12 - Brecon Beacons National Park, Western Area. I get all my maps from Dash4it. They are well discounted, and delivery is free and fast. Nearest...
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