I’d been waiting for the intense heat of summer to finish before making this next walk. So, on the first cool evening of September, I set off from the house for an early evening adventure with all the anticipation of a new discovery. Taking the steep track up past the farm at Moeliwrch I hit… Continue reading Tales from the Marches – Llangadwaladr church and Ysqwennant Bronze Age tumulus – September 2026
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Tales from the Marches – Bwlch-y-Llan hillfort and Derwlwyn Coppice – May 2026
Finally, it was time for a walk in Llanfyllin, as up to recently it has only been a place I’ve driven through on the way to elsewhere. Yet every time on the approach up from Llandegwyn over Bwlchyddar I felt the urge to walk there, especially because I’d seen on the map that there was… Continue reading Tales from the Marches – Bwlch-y-Llan hillfort and Derwlwyn Coppice – May 2026
Tales from the Marches – December 2025
Escaping the rain and leaky roof to the Old Racecourse I have moved. Left the comfort and familiarity of Wenlock Edge for another liminal place poised on the edge of two counties and countries. I’ve dared to cross the fabled border guarded by Offa’s Dyke, castles, hillforts and some ancient standing stones thrown in for… Continue reading Tales from the Marches – December 2025
