Hay on Wye to Knighton
Burfa House Erica walks the Dyke Tuesday 2nd June no miles, no additional calories used but plenty consumed, only walking to the shops A day off, a day to read the papers, eat a sizeable breakfast, laze in the garden, half asleep in the sun. A day to wander the shops of Hay, to fantasise about buying unusual and beautiful clothes to wear with green shoes and huge earrings, as opposed to the usual tatty jeans and white t shirts. A day to resist the lure of bookshops and antique shops and anything weighing more than a plaster. Wednesday 3rd June Newchurch churchyard, welcoming walkers Hay on Wye to Kington 15 miles, 9.00 to 4.50, calories used 1215. There is nothing like a day off to make you ready to walk again. It was another hot but hazy day as we set off from Hay in the direction of Clyro. This was the parish of the Reverend Francis Kilvert who wrote a diary of his time as a vicar in this area of the Welsh borders in the 1840s. He was a passionate and kindly man with an eye for beaut...