Short walks with photos and a Google map.
A walk from Much Wenlock to the hamlet of Barrow, out via Arlescott and back via Atterley. What was that about farmers being the custodians of the countryside? The path near Arlescott had been made up again after work in the fields (well done, that man!) – unlike the path through the field half a mile south of Barrow. We carried most of that field away with us, stuck to the soles of our boots…
A bright but very cold day walking the Stiperstones ridge. There’s snow on the Welsh mountains…
Crowsnest Dingle
Stiperstones silhouettes
Black Mountain view
Snow on the Berwyns
Rough grazing
Red kite
I’ll take the low and winding road
Spotlight on Stiperstones village
My route:
A pleasant, if somewhat muddy, walk in the Welsh border country hills between Oswestry and the Ceiriog valley.
Gyrn Moelfre
Apparently, Gyrn Moelfre is featured in the film “The Englishman who went up a Hill but came down a Mountain”
View to Foel Rhiwlas
View with larches
Spotlight
The Ceiriog valley
There’s a light dusting of snow on the Berwyns, just visible left of centre
We parked in the Cardingmill Valley, Church Stretton – and immediately left, on foot, heading via Cwmdale to the Batch Valley. Long Batch takes us to the top of the Mynd – then via the Boiling Well (almost) and back down the Townbrook Valley, cutting across the foot of the Burway to return to Cardingmill.
The Lawley
Batch Valley – towards the bottom
Batch Valley – View to Long Batch
Looking back on Long Batch
Sunlight on the ridges
Mynd Pool
Mynd view
Caer Caradoc
View to the Wrekin
Hawthorn
Caer Caradoc (again)
Townbrook valley
Cardingmill – sunlight on The Pike
The Route:
Another fine, sunny day – just a bit too hazy for the views, but great weather for a walk on the southern Long Mynd. Start at Priors Holt (Malcolm Saville’s “Witchend”), follow forestry tracks to the top of the Mynd, then turn southwards to Plowden, and contour back via Church Moor.
Hen Batch
In the forest
Out of the forest
Lunch beside the pool
Handless
South Mynd sheep
Hazy day
Plowden
Mushroom with a view
Another fine specimen
Out via the old railway track, back via Arlescott. The weather was far too good to stay at home…
Much Wenlock
Arlescott
The path ahead
Harrowed Ground
Parasol Mushroom
Elderberries
A walk on the Brown Clee, starting from the parking space below Nordy Bank hill fort, up to Clee Burf then along the ridge to Abdon Burf. The return route was via the top stretch of the incline, then contouring around the hill back to the road near Cockshutford. The weather forecast was optimistic…
Clee Hill Sheep
The road to Clee Burf
Toadstools…
Nice spot for lunch
Dog walkers at the summit (the only other people I saw)
The top of Shropshire
Remains from quarrying days
Top of the incline
More sheep… Contouring back towards the car
Walking the Stiperstones ridge on a fine September day
A walk from Little Stretton to Pole Bank – up the Ashes Hollow, back along the ridge and down into Small Batch…
Small copper on the path
Near the top
Pole Bank – lunchtime.
Almost back – view to Church Stretton
A sprawling grassy hill about five miles east of Llanidloes, in mid-Wales, reaches a little over 1900’ (the OS map indicates a maximum of 584m). 
Getting on for 20 years ago, a wind farm was constructed here – one of the biggest in Europe, with no fewer than 103 turbines. Their generating capacity is 30.9 megawatts – during their expected lifetime of 25 years, that’s apparently equivalent to nearly 1.5m tons of CO2
A surfaced road provides easy access from the A483 Newtown – Llandrindod road to a small parking area – from where an easy walk takes one up to the “Fferm Gwynt”. The hilltop is access land, so there’s no problem with exploration, though a sign at the gate warns of the perils of icy 
conditions and thunderstorms…
The views from the hill are extensive and panoramic, ranging from the Shropshire hills to the Brecon Beacons, with much of mid-Wales in view to the west – and the generators themselves make an interesting subject for the camera.
