After the spectacular Peak District, I was entering perhaps the least spectacular section of my journey – the county of Staffordshire. I was heading for the Welsh border, where there would be good walking along the Offa’s Dyke Path. Staffordshire was the best of a few bad options – the worst being Birmingham! To be fair to Staffordshire, there are some nice bits – but I wouldn’t see those until the next day.
Monday 5th September 2016
Lots of farmland. Sometimes tricky to follow with 1:50k scale maps as field boundaries not shown. Lunch from shop in Rocester. Dinner at Costa in Tesco at Uttoxeter.
I was aiming for Bagot Forest, but switched to road walking as route finding getting tricky in the dark. When I got there, found there was no public access [to forest]. At this stage it was completely dark, I had no other option so squeezed through the fence and set up camp.
Distance: 21.3 miles [view on map]
Gem of a message and sandals look comfy!