“Roses Pop-up Vintage Tea Room”, to be precise. What a wonderful idea! (excellent cheese scones, with cream cheese and onion marmalade). We’ve been to Mortimer Forest many times, and walked the High Vinnals circuit more than once before, but always in winter – when there had been far fewer visitors and no sign of tea rooms, pop-up or otherwise. It’s a pleasant walk, about 3 miles, with great views from the higher parts of the route. Where the trees limit the views, the insect life and the ripe blackberries provide more local interest.

We did a very similar walk to this one almost exactly a year ago (Around Batch Valley) – today we walked anti-clockwise, attaining the plateau via Jonathan’s Hollow, returning past the golf course. At first cloudier than we’d expected, the weather brightened, but it was never particularly warm.