Leaving low lying Hay on Wye and our aptly named B&B, Rest for the Tired ...
... we climbed steadily, first through fields, then across grassy foothills, then up to Hay Bluff in the Black Mountains to reach the Hatterrall Ridge. It was the first long climb and it was definitely a claim of Lake District proportions - about 700 metres of ascent. It had the look of the Lake District too - wild moorland of heather, bilberry and tussocky grass with (thankfully) flagstones laid across the peat boggy sections of the path.
Once up on the ridge, we stayed up, for mile after mile, and it was really flat and easy walking. We stayed on the ridge until it was time to come down to Llanthony for our overnight stop. The walk on the ridge might have been easy, but conditions were truly arctic. It was cold and there was a biting wind. We could have been on a different continent to yesterday, and more and more layers of clothes were added until we had nearly empty rucksacks.
Descending into Llanthony it felt like we had entered the tropics in comparison. We arrived via the picturesque ruined priory (photo lost, will rake another tomorrow).
Our host for tonight, the very charming Idris, met us there and whisked us off, in his car, quite a few miles to our accommodation for tonight. We are at Pen-y-dre Farm in Llanvihangel Crucorney. We have a lovely big room with comfortable arm chairs and the village pub is just 200 yards away. The icing on the cake is a fridge with fresh milk for our teas and coffees, and the 2 large slices of fresh cream and apricot sponge which were left for us along with the milk. Yum and a big laws up!
Lots of love George, Yorkie and Gio xxx
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A tough day by all accounts - bet that apricot and cream sponge tasted good after the day's exertions! Hope you left room for tea!
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