Started in the centre of Naunton, visiting the ancient Dovecote.
We then followed the River Windrush and the derelict railway line to Bourton on the water where we stopped on the bank of the River for coffee (before we got into the massive crowds in the centre of town.) where we spotted an otter
We returned via lower slaughter (visiting the mill) upper slaughter and back to Naunton, 11.7 miles 5 hours (including stops)
Started at Evesham station and caught the 0948 train to Pershore. Started the walk at 1000. Coffee in Fladbury and lunch on the edge of a field off red lane Evesham
The heritage centre is located on the west side of the Forest of Dean near Soudley ponds. The route passed the ponds to the Springs wood viewing point
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| The Severn from the Springs wood lookout |
The view a little further on from Dean hill was even more impressive
We then proceeded through the centre of Newnham then along the river bank southwards to Bullo
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| Centre of Newnham |
There is a village hall near Oaklands Park with benches where we stopped for Lunch. We returned up the gorge through two bridges and back to the heritage centre, just in time for tea and cake.
10.8 miles in 5 hours total
The walk started with a train ride to the end of the line at Pwllheli , the 2 coaches having come all the way from Birmingham international!
The walk started along the edge of the (drained) harbour then 6km along the virtually deserted beach to Pen ychain.
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| Harbour at low tide |
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| The deserted beach |
The route then goes inland and skirts the Holiday camp previously Butlins Pwllheli, now a static caravan park on the way to Afon Wen. The stretch of path after the outcrop before the holiday camp is interesting as it uses some of the trackbed for the 21" narrow gauge that was used to transport holidaymakers from the Butlins holiday camp ahead to the beach (closed in 1996).
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| The view from Afon Wen |
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| The view back to Criccieth |
The busy A497 road is then followed to Llanystumdwy where shortly afterwards it goes through marshes to the coast then along the cliff edge to Criccieth
10 miles 4 hours
I started the route at Boston Lodge and walked across the cobb into Porthmadog. The path then goes round the edge of the harbour and over the ridge to Borth y guest.From here there is a long stretch of the wide golden sands of Black rock sands. The only hazard being the number of cars driving up and down the beach. At the east end of the sands the OS map shows a path up the cliff. It has long gone. The route north around the base of the cliff is blocked by a campsite so a retreat and diversion is necessary.
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| The view from the cliff back along part of the beach |
The route then follows alongside the railway line to Criccieth, in time for Ice cream at Cadwaladers
9 miles 3.5 hours
The initial plan was to visit NT Hidcote Manor to tour the gardens. I didnt think it would be busy on a monday. Wrong, it is the school holidays! Seeing how full the car park was I decided it was time for a walk (or two)
I rembered that the Lark Stoke TV masts (the highest point in Warwickshire) was up the track so I went there, The view included Sugarloaf near Abergavenny, Titterstone clee and the Malverns
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The view towards South Wales#
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| Walk 2 |
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| The view back down the slope towards the Malverns |
As I was guiding this walk in mid August it seemed a good idea to do a reccy. Due to the current unreliability of GWR I decided that I would do the published route in reverse. So i went to Honeybourne and started it there
The walk goes through the centre of the strawberry farm which had lots of strawberries very few of which were ripe (by design?). The fleet Inn in was passed in Bretforton, then through Badsey and the orchards then through Evesham to the station
I only met 5 people on the route, including an American trio who were off to the Fleet for lunch before flying home
7.8 miles in 3 hours.
Started in the centre of Naunton, visiting the ancient Dovecote. We then followed the River Windrush and the derelict railway line to Bour...
