Date posted: Sep 19, 2021
We had a full day free so thought we would head south to Clun and see what the two most remote trigpoints would be like. The weather was bright when we set out but became cloudier as we drove down to Clun.
Sunday 19th September
Trigpoint #54 – Llanvair Hill.
We left Clun heading west along the B4368. Just before the village of Newcastle we took a very small and steep ‘track’ heading south. The start of our walk was at a car park along this road.
Both of these trigpoints were on the Offa’s Dyke path so we thought it would be quite a simple stroll. The track was gravel and quite undulating. The first trigpoint, Llanvair Hill, was just off the track in a field and easily seen. We climbed over the gate to the field and walked to the trigpoint.
The views were lovely. We could see across the Teme valley to the hills over in Wales. There was a wind farm on one of the nearby hills with quite a number of wind turbines. We took pictures of the trigpoint and surrounding area then made our way back to the track.
Trigpoint #55 – Cwm Sanaham Hill.
We continued along the track, passing through a number of gates and fields containing herds of sheep. The track was quite rough and the hills became steeper dropping down towards a road at Garbett Hall. We crossed the road, walked through a wood and a couple of fields till we reached another road at Selley Hall.
It then became very difficult. The next stage in the walk looked simple enough, just continue along the track till we get to the base of Cwm Sanaham Hill and climb it. But it was really steep! The climb was about 300 feet and the path was what I would class as a sheep track. We had to stop quite regularly to take a breather and then continue upwards through a collection of gorse bushes to reach the top.
Once at the top of that ridge we could see the trigpoint a bit further up the hill. We decided that we would have to find another route down as it would have been quite dangerous going back the way we had come.
When we reached the trigpoint the wind picked up and nearly blew Triggy away. The view was spectacular and well worth the effort so we took our photos and plotted the way off the hill. We could see a group of walkers in the distance who had been up the hill before us. They were walking down the other side so we watched where they went. We could see the path and found that if we went just a little way we could then divert to another path which went back the way we wanted to go. We went that way.
Once we were on this path the walking was easy and took us back to the road at Selly Hall. Retracing our steps to the car park was hard as we were tired and we were walking up the track we had come down earlier. We eventually made it back to the car where we had a coffee and sandwiches. The total journey was nine miles.
Technical Stuff.
Llanvair Hill – TP4483 – Map Ref: SO 25468 78428 – Flush Bracket: S5196
Cwm Sanaham Hill – TP2707 – Map Ref: SO 27040 75485 – Flush Bracket: S5645
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