• Church Stretton; a figure of 8 walk

    21. februar, England ⋅ 🌧 13 °C

    After an excellent breakfast and the hope of reasonable weather today, we start off early on the HF self-guided walk "Below Hope Bowdler Hill and Caer Caradoc". From Longmynd House, we follow the Allen Coppice Trail to Church Stretton before crossing the A49 to pick up field and woodland paths on the lower slopes of Hazler Hill. We follow a farm track below the Gaer Stone and Hope Bowdler Hill before crossing open countryside to the ancient Cwms Lane, which lies in the steep-sided valley between Caer Caradoc and Hope Bowdler Hill. We return to Church Stretton along Cwms Lane (now a track), woodland, and field paths.

    From Church Stretton, we switch to a walk that takes us over Ragleth Hill and ascends steeply through woodland and fields to, and across, the top of Ragleth Hill, following part of the Shropshire Way. It is then a very steep descent to the village of Little Stretton, crossing back over the A49. We walk through the village and aling fields and through woodlands along the eastern slopes of the Long Mynd before arriving back at Longmynd House.

    It's been an excellent - but tiring - 10.5-mile walk.
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