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Capler Camp and
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Saturday 24th
June
As part of the
Herefordshire
Walking Festival (walk number 51) Landscape Origins of
the Wye Valley - a circular walk from the
banks of the River Wye to Mancell's Ferry, Rise Farm and
Caplor Farm and over Capler Camp looking at the
landscape of the Wye Valley.
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The
walkers set out alongside the Wye with Capler Hill in the
background |
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Huw
Sherlock explains the Capler quarries |
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Towards
Mansell's Ferry with Ballingham wood on the left |
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Mansell's
Ferry |
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Rise Farm |
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A welcome
break at Rise Farm |
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The barn
at Rise Farm |
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An ancient
hollow-way at Rise Farm |
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A lynchett
at Rise Farm |
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Towards
Caplor Farm |
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Field at
Caplor Farm |
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Picnic
lunch in the hill-fort at Capler Hill |
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The
interior of Capler Camp hill-fort |
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looking
south from Capler |
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The Wye
from the western edge of Capler |
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An old
cider press |
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and the
last mile back to the car park |
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