The Wye Valley Walk, Capler Camp & Haugh Wood

The ultra hot weather of last week had passed and more normal early summer temperatures had returned. However all was not lost last week as I used the time to search out some walks.
Both the OS and the Kittiwake books have routes leaving from Fownhope, a village close to the river Wye a little downstream from Hereford.
I had picked out a merger of walks from both books to come up with a longer route. I would combine the routes for Capler camp - an iron age fort with the walk around Haugh wood. Starting in the car park at the village recreation ground, and following the river to the south end of Capler camp. Over the camp and back around to the hills above Fownhope on the Wye Valley walk, before climbing up through Haugh wood to its northerly point before turning across to Mordiford, then back down the Wye Valley walk to the car park.

Almeley Pub Discovery

A balmy evening after a week of suffering under a heatwave. So time to workout a way to the nearest pub. The Kinnersley pub and the Norton Canon ones had closed in the recent years, so that left the Bells in Almeley or the new strand in Eardisley.
The Bells was closer, and my exploring local paths showed that getting to Eardisley would be a challenge for Sue.
The Bells it was then, and I knew the route was over lanes with just a few fields.

Stoke Prior & Risbury

The hot days were back again, and I chose to get out early and therefore back before it got too hot.
I had selected another walk from the Kittiwake book around Leominster. It starts from the same car park as the last walk climbing up and over the hills to reach Stretford. Then looping around to Humber burial ground before reaching Risbury Hillfort. Returning over the fields to Stoke Prior, and a track either side of the road. Finally along side the A44 to the railway station and back to the car park.

Kimbolton, Bache Camp & Eaton Hill

I noticed that two of the routes in the kittiwake book for Leominster used vary similar/ overlapping routes so I though I could combine the two and make a slightly longer route.
I would start on the Kimbolton walk, and swap onto the bache camp route, just after the church. Around the camp and back along the Herfordshire trail which both routes used.
Where they separated to return to Leominster by different routes, I would follow the first one over Eaton Hill.

Wellington Wood & Westhorpe Common

After several days doing things around the house it was time to get out and do some more local exploring. I played safe and found a couple of routes in the Kittiwake book that I could join together and set out for the little village of Wellington. Although it is close to several A roads all the connections are on single track lanes. Parking is also a bit of a problem - I did not want to leave the car on the side of the main access roads and cause an issue if a larger load wanted to come past. In the end I parked in front of the social club and ran away before they could object.