{"id":8351,"date":"2020-10-05T09:53:18","date_gmt":"2020-10-05T08:53:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wenvoe.org.uk\/?p=8351"},"modified":"2020-10-05T09:55:44","modified_gmt":"2020-10-05T08:55:44","slug":"hensol-forest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/wenvoe.org.uk\/?p=8351","title":{"rendered":"Footsteps – Hensol Forest"},"content":{"rendered":"

Hensol Forest <\/b><\/span><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

On another sunny day, Wenvoe walkers met as a group (12 of us), for the first time since the beginning of March, to walk in Hensol forest. <\/span><\/p>\n

We crossed fields with long grass heavy with dew which soaked our trousers, but we knew they would soon dry in the heat of the sun. A thorny hedge absolutely smothered in spiders\u2019 webs glistened in the morning sunshine as it too was covered in dew. Our route was a figure 8 using tracks within the forest and some open farmland.<\/span><\/p>\n

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We passed some beautiful black cattle and spotted a colourful dragonfly resting at the edge of the road. At a path junction we stopped maintaining social distancing while everyone double checked our next path. <\/span><\/p>\n

Ty Fry House, farm and Lodge appeared. Ty Fry Lodge looks like one might imagine a Hansel and Gretel house. It is a 19thC lodge to the Ty Fry estate. Originally the lodge to the country estate of the Insole family of The Court, Llandaff. It is a Grade II listed building constructed of local random rubble with Bath stone dressings and quoins. Its chimneys are unusual and seem large for the house. <\/span><\/p>\n

We had lunch at Pysgodlyn Mawr, a lake which is a designated SSSI site. Several large clumps of water lilies were in full bloom and with clear blue skies and sunshine it was glorious. As we ate, House Martins swooped low over the water, no doubt feasting on insects hovering over the water. <\/span><\/p>\n

Soon we were back at the cars having exercised tongues as much as our legs. How good it was to be together again. <\/span><\/p>\n

Walk 5 miles. Map 151.<\/span><\/p>\n

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