I will walk 500 miles challenge for Velindre

 Another opportunity arose to add some miles to our challenge when our eldest daughter and grandson arrived for a vist! This is what is so great about this challenge, we're also involving our family which makes it more memorable too! Hergest Ridge running from Kington to Gladestry is a lovely walk along the Offa's Dyke Path offering quite easy walking and super views. It was also the title of one of Mike Oldfield's Albums back in the '70's. He lived in Kington for quite a while and obviously found lots of musical inspiration here! We did cheat a little by parking at the top of the road before setting off along the path. The going is easy along a lovely sward like path. Around the top of the hill, there used to be a horse racing circuit in the early 1800's which you can still walk around. It must have been spectacular setting for a day at the races! On the summit is a group of monkey puzzle trees, planted I believe to commemorate resettling in Patagonia in 1865 w...

 Off we set again, this time to cross Mynydd Epynt off my list of want to do hills. I found this walk several years ago and added it to my list and now, today, finally we would bag it to add to our 500 miles! And how I will always remember it! We set off on a clear and sunny morning and were just getting our first views of Pen-y-Fan from the uplands when the tyre warning light came on so it was let's just pass the visitor centre for now (and as it turned out not for the last time that day....) and see if it needs fixing.                                     Didn't want to arrive back at the end of the walk in the middle of not very much, which is Mynydd Epynt, with a flat tyre! As it turned out the tyre was OK, the warning light is not always a reliable source. So back again to the visitor centre just a lot later setting off than intended, now it was 11.30. To give a brief explanation of w...