04 July 2026

Aborted Bread run, Weobley

I was missing my weekly walks to Plaistow stores for the bread (and croissants!), however the nearest stores to us now were in Weobley or Eardisley - Both a little further than before.
Looking in a book of local walks around Weobley showed that there was a "permissive" path joining two footpaths through Hyatt Sarnesfield farm. This would make the walk to Weobley better and avoiding main roads.

01 July 2026

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.

27 June 2026

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.

21 June 2026

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.

19 June 2026

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.