Today was a spectacular walk and I was thrilled that I completed it in just over 8 hours. It took almost two hours to get to the crest of Haterrall ridge, spotted some field orchids en route.
It was somewhat of a shock to come upon this sign after 2 hours of tough walking.
Still 16 miles to go, but they were mostly exhilarating miles.
Only about 6 stiles and 2 kissing gates. The majority of the walk was on the crest accompanied by wild ponies.
And lots and lots of para sailors.
At times I felt like I was waking in top of the world.
And lots and lots of para sailors.
At times I felt like I was waking in top of the world.
There were quite a few walkers out today, partly because it was Sunday and two trails meet on the ridge, the Offa’s Dyke and the Breacon Ridge trail. For a while I walked with a large group of ramblers who are collecting trig points over 200m, I think they collected 5 today. So in fact this stretch is the highest point on the ODT at 703m.
A truly spectacular walk today. I was loving it so much that I walked about half a mile too far and had to turn back to find the B&b. The third of a mile driveway up a hill was rather daunting though, I made it about 10 mins before my dear friend Janet, Ramsgate girl number 4 arrived. This is another rather odd “ establishment” as it refers to itself and so we went to the local pub for dinner and a chance to catch- up. Luckily they were serving food on a Sunday evening, which seems to be unusual in these parts, usually they do Sunday lunch and stop serving food at 3pm.
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