Dragon's back Extended, Pengenffordd

After several days of heavy rain followed by showers, there was a good chance of better weather today, so I chose to head towards Abergavenny and a route that I had often looked at on the way to or from Steph.
The idea was to park at the Pengenffordd, then head up to Castel Dinas. From here follow the ridge up to Y Grib, then continue to Pen y Manllwyn before turning to Waun Fach. Still on the horseshoe route to Pen Trumau and the subsequent cain marking the point to leave it.
From here continuing along the ridge to Mynydd Llysiau, and Pen Twyn Glas.
Next down to the valley and along the old road/ trackway back up to the car park.

Saturday Stroll, Weir Gardens

 

With the failure to find a suitable bakery Close to home, the option ranged further afield. Sue and I wanted to check out the Oakchurch farm shop to see what they had available on a Saturday.
This was very successful with fresh bakes in a number of ranges, and after checking maps this would be a longer bread run than previous ones, but still within acceptability at the long end (15km round trip).

So future trips planned, we opted to visit Weir gardens (just down the road from the farm shop) on the way home.

Wye Valley Walk - Hereford West

The weather is turning and heavy showers are coming in, so I tried to go for a longer walk (but without too much height gain!). There was a section of the Wye Valley walk between Bridge Sollers and the edge of Hereford that had no intermediate crossings. So I planned to park in a lay-by where the route crossed the A438 at Sugwas Pool and follow the trail along the side of the river, through Breinton to the old bridge beside the playing fields.
Over the bridge and along the cycle path towards Belmont abbey, bypassing it to reach Clehonger. Then over the fields to Ruckhall then Wormhill and Swinmoor, before a section on the back roads to reach an access path back to the river at Field's place.
Along the river bank to Bridge Sollers to recross and angle over the fields to pick up the Wye Valley Walk, then back along this to the car passing the Magnis roman town.

Sunday Stroll, Kingsland

Sue had an exhibition to see in Kingsland village hall, so I tagged along to go for a short walk (I only allowed 90 mins) so we weren't pressured for lunch. I worked a route out along the river lugg, before turning down to Choistrey, then returning along the Pinsley brook to Cobnash. Then back to the church and back to the village hall.

2nd Attempt Bread Run, Weobley

A bright morning and at home for the first weekend this month, so Sue & I chose to walk across to Weobley and see if we could find a bakery (or fresh bread) at the same time as snagging a coffee.
This was our second attempt at this - the last one failed at a closed permissive pathway, So this time we chose to go along the main road (A4112) and the parallel path for the second half.