After recovering from yesterday’s storm, I continued south along the Offa’s Dyke path.

Wednesday 14th September 2016

Walked over farmland and past small villages. Brief look around White Castle, a large one. Walked through a Bulmers Cider orchard – the apples weren’t great!

Somewhere along this route I met a couple of familiar faces – two blokes I had passed just before the storm the previous day. They told me they had been just far enough along the ridge that they escaped the worst of the storm. They were on holiday doing day walks in the area, and like many hikers, tended to walk north whereas I was walking south. So we ended up passing on three days, every time walking in opposite directions!

Stopped at Monmouth for a bar curry, then walked along Wye river down to St Briavels.

As I entered forest by a village, I saw a couple of creatures jump into a bush. At first I thought they were dogs, then the burp-like sound registered – wild boar! They were only small, probably not fully grown (or microboar). Arrived at St Briavels Castle [youth hostel] in the dark, and slept in the hanging room!

Distance: 25.6 miles [view on map]