Walkie Talkies

"A short walk please", was the request for my first time as a Walkie Talkie Leader. A good job too, as day 5 of the heatwave! The 5.7km circular walk started just outside Wenvoe, and we soon reached the heart of the village via it's residential streets. Perfect timing as we arrived at St Mary's ancient church at exactly the same time as it's Treasurer. He delighted in unlocking the church for us, and giving us a guided tour full of history including that of the Jenner family of Wenvoe Castle, a Dan Brown type coded mystery on the floor before the altar, and the story behind a fish carved upon a deceased cherry tree outside the church.

We then headed up and out of Wenvoe via woodland, and across paths and fields, until we reached the hamlet of St Lythan. Here we found a shaded spot in the porch of St Bleiddian. We sat, cooled down and rehydrated. The return route took us along country lanes and paths. We saw an unusual flock of sheep in a field, aptly named Badger Face Welsh Mountain Sheep. A second much woolier flock startled us in the woods, we guessed they had escaped their field in search of shade. A magnificent oak (or was it 2 now conjoined trees?), a visit to The Elizabethan Orchard, and the Spitfire Mural at Burdon's Hill were all points of interest as we returned to our starting point. Walk completed, we headed for lunch in The Orange Tree Cafe in Pugh's Garden Village.