Day 10 Montgomery to Newcastle on Clun

Last year in France we had rain and a muddy slippery path and the hazards thereof. Here we appreciate a dry track, often beautiful grass, there having been a dry spring. The hazard here is that Wales is essentially a large sheep’s toilet. Strangely, despite an unusually large number of fences and stiles, there are equal numbers of sheep on both sides of the fence, from the same flock because you can tell because they are spray painted with bright markings.
The path is well sign posted with a black acorn on yellow background, and an arrow. At least 90% of the signs point you in the correct direction.
There were some pretty steep hills today. Despite that the general mood was not too bad. The Dyke was intended as a barrier and we have found it works well, especially today for people trying to walk on it.
Once again, our accommodation is off-track. And today, we had to find a way to our accommodation, avoiding the busy country lanes which have no side walk. So we ended up using a bridleway, climbing fences and gates and crossing a river. Some of us were not amused.
Anyway, it was worth it. Our hosts are great and they dropped us off at the White Horse, a 400 year old pub in Clun, where we sampled the local brew, which I highly recommend you do.
Food: dinner was steak and kidney suet pudding, followed by some kind of cheesecake (shared, of course) - it was wonderful.
Beer: Ludlow Best bitter and Clun pale ale
Stats: 20.9 km, 7 hours; altitude gain 750 m; HR 83: strenuous but plenty of rest stops
Good news: 9314 kJ burned - that equals lots of pieRead more