Unusually, a day off coincided with some reasonable weather, so the dog and I headed up-valley to Blaenavon, for an Autumn walk around the community woodland, just because we haven't been there for a while.
There is a nice track, but it just goes down the valley to Cwmavon, and then you have to slog back again, so the usual option is to make a loop by taking one of the woodland paths back to the start. That was my plan.
Lots of nice Autumnal larch about, although some of it is dying rather than just shedding for winter, as the larch Phytophthora disease is here too
Low light meant some nice colours
Plans went awry when the idiot human in charge chose a bad spot to leave the path, and we ended up slogging though trackless woodland in search of a way out. Still, that had compensations too.
Two fence crossings, and the scaling of a drystone wall, and we were up on the ridgetop, where. glory be, there was a path
A quick look around to take in the views over the Torfaen valley
Over a stile and into the enchanted forest
And back to the car, arriving just as it started to rain. Nice way to spend a few hours.
There is a nice track, but it just goes down the valley to Cwmavon, and then you have to slog back again, so the usual option is to make a loop by taking one of the woodland paths back to the start. That was my plan.
Lots of nice Autumnal larch about, although some of it is dying rather than just shedding for winter, as the larch Phytophthora disease is here too
Low light meant some nice colours
Plans went awry when the idiot human in charge chose a bad spot to leave the path, and we ended up slogging though trackless woodland in search of a way out. Still, that had compensations too.
Two fence crossings, and the scaling of a drystone wall, and we were up on the ridgetop, where. glory be, there was a path
A quick look around to take in the views over the Torfaen valley
Over a stile and into the enchanted forest
And back to the car, arriving just as it started to rain. Nice way to spend a few hours.
