Shropshire Hills 2014 Day 3

Day 3 Saturday 26^th July 2014

Today I headed south, using the path over the hill to Little Stretton, then through Minton, and Hamperley (the same journey I took the last morning I was here the previous year), and then up to Prior’s Holt.

A cottage in Little Stretton

Hamperley Farm (Ingles Farm)

Prior's Holt (Witchend)

I attempted to walk around the southern part of the Mynd, but the trails were overgrown and I ended up pushing my way through bracken and blackberry and getting rather scratched.

I got a little disoriented around Hillend Farm but eventually stumbled over the Jack Mytton/Shropshire way and headed north up onto the Long Mynd.  

I passed by the pine plantations and sat and had some lunch but felt unusually bone weary.

Then it was on past the gliding club, Pole Cottage, Pole Bank, and the Shooting Box and further north where I saw a couple of wild ponies.

Then I turned east and down through Jonathan’s Hollow and along the lane.  I missed the path off to the right to Church Stretton and ended up walking the B5477 road instead for a while until I found a path back up.  I wandered slightly up the Carding Mill Valley to where I had stashed some ciders in the stream that morning, and deservedly drank one as it was rather humid.  After that I had my usual Church Stretton meal, with some coke this time – do you think I can make it 4 nights running tomorrow?

Day 4