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ingram-scott.bsky.social
A little #FingerpostFriday action from #Kington and the #OffasDykePath
June 12, 2026 at 7:23 AM
andrewjfrizzell.bsky.social
Nine years ago today I was well into this.
The fourth day of probably the toughest hike I’ve ever done and that was a relatively easy day. I’ve just found the transcript of my website blog which I copied before closing the site. I might investigate putting it on substack or similar.
#offasdykepath
May 24, 2026 at 7:40 AM
andrewjfrizzell.bsky.social
Agreed.
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Broken sign with National trail Acorn on the post near Clyro Brook, North of Hay on Wye just on the Welsh side of the border with England #OffasDykePath. 25/05/2017 I’m sharing a what3words address to help you find this specific location. Tap to see exactly where it is: ///dockers.examples.outline https://w3w.co/dockers.examples.outline
April 27, 2026 at 7:02 AM
timbrefarm.bsky.social
Day 7 on #offasdykepath, Bodfari to Prestatyn. 13 miles, 2700 ft elevation. Finish Line! Chepstow to Knighton last year, and Knighton to Prestatyn now. Beautiful day, plenty of climbs, lovely views all day. A mean trick, though, to put that steep hill right at the end of the Path!
Prestatyn and the Irish Sea. Photo shows a wooden post with Offa’s Dyke Path trail markers in a green pasture on a saddle at the crest of a hill. Blurry in the distance are windmills in the sea, and a coastal town with a strip of beach. Finish line. Photo shows windmills in the sea, Prestatyn, and a green foreground pasture. Evidence of this week’s windstorm. Remnants of a downed tree no longer blocking a road because it’s been chainsawed into bits. Fresh tear marks and a pile of sawdust indicate this just happened, probably today. Photo shows a forest road with a downed tree, trunk on one side and branches on the other. End of the Path. I’m standing by the famous begin/end signpost. A carnival behind me! Photo shows me in hiking gear with poles, posed under a sign reading “Cas-Gwent Chepstow 177 miles” with the National Path acorn symbol. The post reads “Start/Finish Offa’s Dyke Path”.
April 6, 2026 at 4:06 PM
timbrefarm.bsky.social
Day 6 on #offasdykepath, Llanarmon-yn-Iâl to Bodfari. 16 miles, 3,100 feet elevation. Well into the Clwydian Range and into the teeth of a windstorm. Heavy sustained cold winds all day, with scary gusts. But at least it hailed for 20 minutes. Irish Sea and finish line visible all day!
Irish Sea in the far distance. Clywdian Range right to left, my task today and tomorrow. Photo shows broken clouds over a green field, fence line trending down to the right. A range of dark hilltops moves to meet a sliver of sea in the distance. My favorite landforms on the whole Path are these steep-sided green valleys, scattered groups of trees, sun-mottled pastures. Photo shows all these, with a foreground set of trail steps leading down to the right. Lunch. A deep Welsh vista with my foot for scale. Photo shows white fluffy clouds over a far green landscape. In the foreground a wooden trail marker signpost, scattered large rocks, and a foot. These exposed trails on ridge lines were the scene of scary buffeting by high winds all day. Photo shows a deceptively-calm green ridge line under friendly fluffy clouds. Wide green trail in foreground.
April 5, 2026 at 8:09 PM
timbrefarm.bsky.social
Day 5 on #offasdykepath, Llangollen to Llanarmon-yn-Iâl. 14.2 miles, 2900 feet elevation. A diverse day. Contouring scree slopes, hustling across exposed hilltop moorland, a genteel lunch in Llandegla, and rushing to get off the heights before high winds blew me off the trail. Reward: Raven Inn!
Scree slopes north of Dinas Bran. Photo shows a well-defined path across a steep, barren hillside with field of loose stone pressing down from above. A bare rock promontory juts out in the distance under cloudy skies. Paving stones form the Path across open moor on an exposed and windy saddle near Cyrn-y-Brain. A cold and lonely place. Photo shows gray rectangular stones laid to gather forming a straight path with green and brown scrub on either side. Path ends at an overcast white horizon. The Llandegla Forest. Photo shows a meandering brown path framed by tall trees on both sides nearly touching overhead. Crossing a high point in ferocious winds. Photo shows green fields, a couple of dirt roads, a partial fence line under cloudy skies. Deceptively peaceful; I was getting blown hard.
April 4, 2026 at 4:34 PM
timbrefarm.bsky.social
Day 4 on #offasdykepath, Trefonen to Llangollen. 18 miles, 2,600 feet elevation. Perfect weather day, sunny and cool. Lots of long vistas from hilltops and sudden descents into steep valleys. A long day brought me to the famous Pontcysyllte Aqueduct, carrying the Llangollen Canal across a gorge.
View from the Aqueduct. Llangollen canal in foreground, then green fields and distant hills. Chirk Castle sits on a wooded hill in the distance. Green valley and a foreground slope broken with shrubs and clumpy grass. Wooden signpost with brightly-painted acorn path-markers stands looking over a sun-mottled landscape of green hills and clumps of tall trees.
April 3, 2026 at 9:38 AM
timbrefarm.bsky.social
Day Two on #offasdykepath. Brompton to Buttington today: 15 miles, 2,300 feet elevation. The first half is busy working farms, lots of tractors (lots of mud as a result) broken by nice green hillsides. A steepish climb at the end up to Beacon Ring Iron Age hillfort. A complaint in first comment:
Goats on a green grassy conical mound with the top cut off flat, and now you know everything I do about it. Lunch break. My shoe, a green grassy field, and manicured trees. Blue skies with fluffy white clouds above. It took some coaxing to get these two resting adult sheep to let me through this metal stile into their pasture beyond. A happy sight. Welshpool down below in the distance. A green grassy hillside in foreground, and rows of hills stretching behind the town to infinity.
March 31, 2026 at 7:40 PM
timbrefarm.bsky.social
Day One of returning to #offasdykepath to do the northern half, Knighton to Prestatyn. Knighton to Brompton is widely said to be the toughest day on the whole Path, and no argument from me. 15 miles and over 4,000 vertical feet, more than half crammed into the last 5 miles. Very high winds today.
AllTrails summary shows a map view and data on my hike. 14.7 miles, 4,032 vertical feet, and they mean vertical. Halfway point of the whole Path, near Newcastle. Photo shows me with my chin strap holding that cap; very high winds all day. A look back, showing a section of the Dyke itself. The ditch and berms meander up a green hillside. Some of the lambs are only a day old. Photo shows a mother sheep suckling a lamb and looking at me suspiciously. Also they’re blocking the Path.
March 30, 2026 at 7:07 PM
andrewjfrizzell.bsky.social
I’ve done the bit that joins the eastern end to the western end near Scotland (sort of) @hwpath.bsky.social and the bit that joins the Severn estuary end to the north Wales end #OffasDykePath and little bit of the Cornish Coast. The rest? Getting too old for that now, I think.
March 19, 2026 at 7:57 AM
ingram-scott.bsky.social
A little #Benchlove from #HergestRidge #Kington #Herefordshire

#OffasDyke #OffasDykePath #Stunday
March 15, 2026 at 2:31 PM
timbrefarm.bsky.social
Kington to Knighton on #offasdykepath. 14 miles, 2,800 feet elevation. Noticeably cooler day, which was great for the three climbs to ridgetops. Some steep climbs, but also a lot of gradual pastures up hillsides. Several visible Dyke sections. Steep descent into Knighton.
Me sitting on a rare bench along the path. Green foliage behind. Several sections of the Dyke itself right along the path. In this shot a cluster of trees and a ditch with a low wall to the left and higher to the right. Dyke section, hills in distance. Not a good omen. Dead sheep lies white against the green grass. Trees and rolling hills, and an overcast sky.
October 11, 2025 at 5:30 PM
timbrefarm.bsky.social
Longtown to Hay-on-Wye on #offasdykepath, 16 miles and a whopping 3,770 ft elevation. That’s because it’s a steep climb to the ridgeline in the Black Mountains, then all day gradually rising to the 2,300 ft high point and then down to Hay. Windy, cold, exposed all day, with flashes of long views.
Black Mountains; the day ahead. Cloudy blue sky, road and fence (with stile marked as a footpath), and a long, flat, high ridgeline with steep sides. Sign hung on stile reads “Cattle attack dogs do not put your dogs on a lead with cattle”. Green pasture beyond. Two sheep watch me pass. They’re standing on a green, grassy ledge with trees and low scrub up the steep hillside. Rainbow in a cloudy-blue sky. Green pasture, with sharp promontory in the distance.
October 9, 2025 at 8:38 AM
timbrefarm.bsky.social
Monmouth to Pandy today on #offasdykepath. Cool but dry, occasional breeze, perfect walking weather. A day of sheep pastures for most of the route. 18.1 miles.
Cows hanging out, trees in the background, overcast sky. That’s my climb tomorrow. Flat pasture, prominent hill, cloudy sky. Nearing the end of the day! Signpost showing Monmouth and Pandy. Interior of St. Michael’s church. Very welcoming to hikers, with snacks, electricity outlets, and a place to sit down.
October 7, 2025 at 5:46 PM
timbrefarm.bsky.social
First full day on #offasdykepath, from Chepstow to Monmouth mostly contouring the ridges above the Wye. Just under 20 miles including getting to the trail itself, and over 3,200 feet of elevation gain, Including that 800-ft climb just before Monmouth, which about did me in. Beautiful sunny day.
Tintern Abbey, a view from above. River Wye behind the Abbey, with trees and the houses of the town filling the frame. White arched bridge over the Wye. Blue sky above and muddy water below. Horses graze in a green pasture. Trees in the distance, blue sky above.
October 6, 2025 at 6:48 PM
timbrefarm.bsky.social
Tagged the beginning of #offasdykepath near Chepstow today and heading northbound tomorrow. Warm and breezy; a great start.
Stone monument in Welsh and English marking the beginning of Offa’s Dyke Path. Me in the foreground, and behind the Severn Bridge and scudding dark clouds. Foliage hides the cliff behind me. Path cuts straight atop a green dyke. Rolling hills and copses in the background, beneath a blue and cloudy sky. Against a blue sky a marker post, showing “Offa’s Dyke Path” and a stylized acorn, the symbol of UK national paths.
October 5, 2025 at 4:13 PM
susiarnott.mastodon.green.ap.brid.gy
Very happy 16km today on #offasdykepath finishing at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bwlch_Penbarras
Loving the #halfmanhalfbiscuit connection
Bwlch Penbarras - Wikipedia
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May 16, 2025 at 6:34 PM
keithoeds.bsky.social
Looking south from Moel Famau
#moelfamau
#clwydianrange
#offasdyke
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April 23, 2025 at 5:53 PM
123tomc.bsky.social
A bit of a dreary #walk today. A local loop taking in a bit of #offasdykepath and the #heartofwaleslinetrail. It seems to have been quite a dreary winter all in all.
February 19, 2025 at 4:15 PM
narrowbotr.bsky.social
📍: Canal Weir, Gungrog
ℹ️: weir
🗺: https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=52.6696608323953&mlon=-3.12933716550614#map=17/52.6696608323953/-3.12933716550614
📸: Photo by Woffenden on Flickr https://www.flickr.com/photos/49609918@N04/28701261553

#canal #narrowboat #wales #uk #flickr #offasdykepath
A photo titled "Montgomery Canal near Welshpool", taken near Canal Weir, Gungrog by Woffenden on Flickr.
February 16, 2025 at 8:29 PM
ftsttlb.bsky.social
Day 1 on #offasdykepath is between Prestatyn and Bodfari. seatothelandbeyond.wordpress.com/2019/02/25/1... Climbing from the coastal town you pass stretches of green meadows and fields and ascend and descend towards Bodfari #walking #hiking #wales #offasdyke
1. Prestatyn – Bodfari (21 km/13 m)
From north to south As I said in the short introduction this blog about Offa’s Dyke Path will cover more or less half of the trail and we decided to start north in Prestatyn and head southwar…
seatothelandbeyond.wordpress.com
February 9, 2025 at 4:24 PM
ftsttlb.bsky.social
The second blog series is about Offa's Dyke Path, a national trail on the historic border between Mercia and the Welsh lands. seatothelandbeyond.wordpress.com/2019/02/22/o... #offasdyke #offasdykepath #wales
Offa’s Dyke Path: A summary
Whose what? Just as is the case with Hadrian’s Wall Offa’s Dyke Path also follows a historical border of sorts. Offa (Icling) was king of Mercia from 757 until 796. Mercia was one of the different …
seatothelandbeyond.wordpress.com
February 8, 2025 at 10:39 AM
ben-alden.bsky.social
V-squeeze stile from @OffasDykePath for today's edition of #StileSaturday
February 8, 2025 at 7:50 AM
ben-alden.bsky.social
Summer throwback on @OffasDykePath for this week's #StileSaturday 🌤
February 1, 2025 at 7:21 AM