Tag: Hatterrall Ridge

Beacons Way, day 1: Abergavenny to Llanthony

September 13, 2024 7 Comments
Beacons Way, day 1: Abergavenny to Llanthony

I’ve had Ffordd y Bannau, the Beacons Way, in my sights for years.  I bought the guide written by John Sansom, the deviser of the Way, and Arwel Michael, but it lay on the shelf unused for a decade or more till now.  The reason I hesitated is that, as a 100-mile path across almost […]

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Offa’s Dyke Path, day 5: Llangattock Lingoed to Longtown

May 21, 2019 0 Comments
Offa’s Dyke Path, day 5: Llangattock Lingoed to Longtown

Another morning of complete stillness and no clouds (just a criss-cross of high vapour-trails).  Today Ca and Ch leave us, and C and I leave the rolling lowlands behind and head for the bare heights of the Black Mountains.  First, there’s a bit more of the green country we’ve come to love in Monmouthshire.  On […]

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