Bagging all 13 historic county tops in Wales

Bagging all 13 historic county tops in Wales

About four years ago, Edita and I decided to start bagging the highest point in each of the UK’s counties. A couple of weeks ago, we finished the last of the thirteen historic county tops in Wales. They contain some enjoyable hills that we may not otherwise have explored.

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A traverse of Hergest Ridge: Mike Oldfield’s favourite hill walk

A traverse of Hergest Ridge: Mike Oldfield’s favourite hill walk

A couple of years ago, I wrote a blog post about climbing tiny Little Solsbury Hill above the city of Bath, the setting for Peter Gabriel’s 70s progressive rock classic. Two years on, here I am writing a blog post about another small English hill that was once the subject of a classic 70s prog rock album.

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