Part 1 of 2, in a 17 mile circuit of the Black Mountains in Wales.
I’ve just spent a weekend in South Wales and I’ll be heading further west for the coming weekend.
Now, I’d like to head back to August and recount a walk I did in the Black Mountains.
Completing the 16.5 mile long Somerset Three Peaks Walk; following a previously unexplored section around Clutton.
In north-east Somerset, there’s a lesser-known sixteen-mile circular trail known as the Three Peaks Walk. It bears no relation to the national challenge and there is no time limit in which to walk the full distance.
I’d previously followed the way around Pensford, Dundry and the Chew Valley several times. But there were a few miles near Clutton that I’d never walked and that was my intention for this outing.
Having spent the morning in and around Matlock Bath, I was looking to move on after lunch and in to the early afternoon.
I felt it was still too early to encounter the three-hour drive home and I instructed my SatNav to plot a course for Kedleston Hall; my sole National Trust visit of the weekend.
Officially, I imagine we’re still in autumn. However, recent temperatures have suggested that winter isn’t very far away.
Then, there’s Daylight “Savings”… Where we actually lose an hour’s light in the evenings all because we live in a country that’s afraid of change (possibly). That alone will have an effect on my monthly miles.
Walks With Olly 