The Great Outdoors

Llangunllo & Pitch Hill Powys WALES

Roger Butler wriggles his way through the Welsh Borders

O MATTER how many times you might have walked in the Welsh Marches, there’s always more to explore amongst the steeply rolling contours that hug the Heart of Wales line. The railway enables fine linear walks and this energetic route, partly following breezy Glyndwr’s Way, snakes its way between the border town of Knighton and the toy-town station at Llanbister Road. It is the ideal route upon which

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