Day 31 Four Crosses to Gobowen

It was a really lovely morning at our camp this morning. The sun was shining and we had a nice relaxed breakfast. We set off later than usual at around 8am. The first part of the walk was nice, along the Montgomery canal. After a few hours we wanted a break so we (stupidly) followed google to what it said was a cafe. We had to fight our way through overgrown paths and climb a stile that was surrounded by thorn bushes. We were eager for the coffee! Only to find that there was no coffee shop, it closed down a long time ago. We were then on a very busy road with no footpath. We tried to get off that road by following Wats Dyke path. What a disaster. It was marked on the OS map as a major path, but nobody has used it in a long time. We fought through overgrown bushes to get onto the path only to give up after a few yards because it was so overgrown we couldn’t make our way through. We managed to find a few minor lanes that we could use to get to Oswestry. On the outskirts we were saved by Munchies cafe on an industrial estate. A coffee and a sausage sandwich revived us enough to complete the last 5 miles or so of our walk. It did actually get better from there too, we passed a hill fort and the old Oswestry station. We made it to Gobowen with no further path disasters and tonight we will stay with my sister. This is absolute luxury and I am looking forward to it.Read more