Queenswood & Bodenham Lake

The heatwave is still here, so another local and short walk. This time I chose to follow a route from the Kittiwake book for Hereford & Leominster.
It used the parking at the Herefordshire wildlife trust Queenswood country park and walked to a second site at Bodenham lake. The walk mainly avoided the main woods and went over Dinmore hill to Bodenham, followed by a loop around The Vern before returning.

Staunton-on-Wye Circular

Sue was walking to the church at Kinnersley, so I accompanied her and then picked up a walk from the parish council book. This went down relatively directly from the church to Staunton, then along the edge of the village, before returning home via Norton Canon.

The Wye Valley Walk, Hay-on-Wye

The heatwave continues, so I chose a walk that I could start early. The OS and Kittiwake guide books have a number of walks to the East of Hay-on-Wye. So I chose one that started at a car park near Hardwicke (free, but height barriered). This would head out from the car park and loop around to Mouse castle, then down to Hay on the Offa dyke path. Once in hay, then out along the Wye Valley Walk heading downstream. A cut back to Pen-y-Park and on to the car park.

AAC Walk, Sapperton & Edgeworth

My first outing with the AAC in the west of England. A bit of a trek down the border and across the Severn to get there, but it was an opportunity to meet a new group.

I had picked up the details from the newsletter, but all I knew was the meeting point and a vague outline of the walk. I was in the van so set off early so I could find alternative parking if there was any obstacles or space issues, however this also helped where the idiot box took me down all the narrow lanes on the most direct route in for the final 10 miles.

Eardisley. Brilley & Almeley Circuit

The next heat wave is upon us ... so I had an early start, but even that rebounded later when it did not protect me as much as I had hoped.
I wanted to do a mash up of two more walks from the Kittiwake book .. One (route 14)from Eardisley to Brilley on the Herefordshire trail, and back via Woods Eaves. The second (route 13) was from Eardisley to Almeley via Hollywell dingle down to Kinnersley and back to Eardisley.
I would join the two up, starting at home and walking across to Kinnersley and picking up the second half of route 13, then around route 14, before starting the beginning of route13. At Almeley I would then split off and go across the fields back home.