Geocaches - 5
Walk Inspiration - Jarrold Book 29, Walk 16
Since 2005, its been an tradition to walk off the Xmas excesses with a walk in the Wye Valley, near Tintern. We're still finding new routes - even if this one doesn't include a pub visit. Not to worry, blogfans, tomorrow's New Year's Eve.
We start off at Tidenham Chase - an outlier from the Forest of Dean that has a popular car park. We try and pick a route across the common land - the paths bearing little resemblance with what is marked on the OS map. Joy, the Guide Dog in training loved the heather and the pools.
Joyful dog ruins photo symmetry |
The Bristol Channel |
Tidenham Church |
Inscription has 1787 and W I T C H |
A circuit of Dayhouse quarry - where we could hear the screams from the Zip Wire - and onto Offas Dyke Path at Wintours Leap. Another legend - this time from the English Civil War. There's simply no way that Sir John Wintour would have survived being chased off this cliff face by the Parliamentary forces.
Nervous enough getting this close to the edge |
A high wooded path does not make for the greatest of photos, so here's Joy, posing delightfully.
Joy on the Offas Dyke Path |
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