The weather today was a mix of sun & cloud. Temperature was probably in the mid-teens. A perfect day for walking...........
Our stay last night at the Tan-y-Graig was great; a wonderful host & hostess! This morning we were served a lovely breakfast of poached eggs & toast and sent on our way with a packed lunch. We were driven back to Meiford and found the house that Rob & Rachel (our previous night's hosts at the Cann Office Hotel) were renovating. It's huge! A former bank building, I think. Here's one of Gary's photos of downtown Meiford.
We had a varied and quite nice walk today. Not too tough, although there were a few steep climbs.
A few interesting buildings in the early going.
Past a lake, Llyn Du..........
Views back to Meiford.
The garden at Fron-las.
The happy hikers...........
The greeting committee(s).
We passed a mobile home park, aka Caravan Club, by the name of Hidden Valley Holiday Home Park. The buildings were nothing to look at but the grounds were lovely.
This old house is apparently called "Pant".
More sheep, rolling hills and windmills.
Then through a field of some very high crop (barley perhaps, or maybe wheat?).
And then onto a golf course / sheep pasture. A very diverse day, indeed!
I 'm actually completing this blog months and months later, but I have in my notes that we only needed the GPS a few times today, and it probably saved us at least once from wandering too far off-route. It was an especially convoluted route today. When I look back in the guidebook (which Ron carried in his hands the whole way, even as he shows off his golf form above), it's amazing that we found our way anywhere. Here's a sampling from today: "Go through the gate and bear slightly right down through a field and cross a stile. Turn right and walk straight ahead, looking for markers that lead to a gate and a culverted drainage ditch. Climb straight uphill alongside a fence. Drop a little to cross a minor road, using stiles on both sides. Bear right across a field, heading for the nearest big tree in a woodland, which is a horse chestnut. A marker post reveals a sort of track, but the idea is to turn left and climb straight towards the hill ahead." etc., etc. But then - finding our way each day was part of the fun!
We did have some beautiful views from up on the golf course.
We had a long walk on a road into Welshpool.
Back into town, to the official end of Glyndwr's Way in Howell Park.
Although this is the official end of Glyndwr's Way, we will be completing a loop back to Knighton by walking three days on the Offa's Dyke route. After drinks, dinner and groceries in town, we headed another few miles to our accommodation which will position us well to start on Offa's Dyke tomorrow. It was a lovely walk along the Montgomery Canal to The Moors Farm - a rather large operation, and at one time the principal farmhouse of Powis Castle.
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