TWF2023-21 Cat's Back and Offa's Dyke
A 4 Boot Walk. The walk encompasses parts of the two easterly ridges of the Black Mountains starting along Offa’s Dyke. Crossing the isolated Olchon Valley, the route heads north along Cat’s Back to Black Hill and Hay Bluff. The ridge overlooks rural Herefordshire as far as the Malvern Hills. This part of the Black Mountains has attracted local writers including Owen Sheer’s ‘Resistance’ and Bruce Chatwin’s ‘On the Black Hill’.
A 4 Boot Walk. The walk encompasses parts of the two easterly ridges of the Black Mountains starting along Offa’s Dyke. Crossing the isolated Olchon Valley, the route heads north along Cat’s Back to Black Hill and Hay Bluff. The ridge overlooks rural Herefordshire as far as the Malvern Hills. This part of the Black Mountains has attracted local writers including Owen Sheer’s ‘Resistance’ and Bruce Chatwin’s ‘On the Black Hill’.
A 4 Boot Walk. The walk encompasses parts of the two easterly ridges of the Black Mountains starting along Offa’s Dyke. Crossing the isolated Olchon Valley, the route heads north along Cat’s Back to Black Hill and Hay Bluff. The ridge overlooks rural Herefordshire as far as the Malvern Hills. This part of the Black Mountains has attracted local writers including Owen Sheer’s ‘Resistance’ and Bruce Chatwin’s ‘On the Black Hill’.
How to Find the Starting Point: Hay Common Car Park (aka Hay Bluff Car Park) on road from Hay to Capel y Ffin
Download the What3words app on your phone, and use the following address which will take you to the exact 3x3 metre square where this walk will start:
https://w3w.co/monitors.whisker.ballroom
Start Time: 09.00
End Time: 15:30
Time: 6 hrs 30 mins
Distance: 16 km / 10 miles
Ascent: 650 m / 2100 ft
Leader: John Gibson
Packed Lunch: Bring Your Own
GPX Route File Download: TWF2023-21.gpx
Alternatively, here at the latitude and longitude coordinates and Map Grid Reference for the walk start location:
52.029552 , -3.109556
Map Grid Reference: SO 239 373
Walk Leader: John Gibson
