+Gary & Jane Posted April 25, 2006 Posted April 25, 2006 (edited) We're having a week's holiday in Hay-on-Wye in South Wales in a couple of weeks and wondered if anyone could recommend some "must do" caches. We particularly like caches that involve a 2-6 mile walk and take you through nice scenery or to interesting old buildings. Thank you in anticipation! Gary & Jane Edited April 25, 2006 by Gary & Jane Quote
+Zetetic Posted April 25, 2006 Posted April 25, 2006 We're having a week's holiday in Hay-on-Wye in South Wales in a couple of weeks and wondered if anyone could recommend some "must do" caches. We particularly like caches that involve a 2-6 mile walk and take you through nice scenery or to interesting old buildings. Thank you in anticipation! Gary & Jane Hi, I think a good one to centre a search on would be Lord Hereford's Knob although I have not found this one myself (yet). Nearby ones I can recommend (including shameless cache promotion) are:- Grwyne Fawr Allt yr Esgair Skirrid Fawr Sweet Mountain Pauline's Peak All the above are very nice if hilly walks of about the right length, mine also has an unusual circular hunting lodge nearby. Hope this is of use. Jon. Quote
+Pharisee Posted April 25, 2006 Posted April 25, 2006 We're having a week's holiday in Hay-on-Wye in South Wales in a couple of weeks and wondered if anyone could recommend some "must do" caches. We particularly like caches that involve a 2-6 mile walk and take you through nice scenery or to interesting old buildings. Thank you in anticipation! Gary & Jane A bit further west than Hay-on Wye but if you fancy a walk over the Black Mountain then how about SAS: Are You Tough Enough? There are three other caches and two trig points that you can combine with it to make a reasonable days walk Quote
+The Blorenges Posted April 26, 2006 Posted April 26, 2006 If you head south to Abergavenny you might like to walk around the Blorenge and do The First in Wales GC2BA. Great views all, but you might need to take the spoiler pics with you. And don't forget the orange to eat on Blorenge MrsBlorenge Quote
+Write and Mane Posted April 26, 2006 Posted April 26, 2006 You don't just have to look south and west from Hay, into the National Park. We recently did Hergest Ridge: we picked a wet day, but saw enough to want to go back on a better day. Heading in this direction (north) opens up the possibility of enjoying some other caches in the less well known area of The Marches and the prettiest of Herefordshire villages. If you are interested in history/industrial archaeology, then we would suggest looking at our own Merthyr Marathon series ... but, be warned, there is at least 3-4 days worth in the nine caches in the series. Also, if you look through our Caerphilly Collection, you will be able to select several that fit your walk distance criteria. But, of course, once you are in Wales, all the caches are good ones! Merthyr and the closest Caerphilly caches are 30-45 minutes drive from Hay. Whichever caches you decide to tackle, enjoy your break. Quote
+Gary & Jane Posted April 29, 2006 Author Posted April 29, 2006 Thanks everyone for your great suggestions. We're really looking forward to the holiday now! We'll let you know how we get on. Gary & Jane Quote
+FollowMeChaps Posted April 30, 2006 Posted April 30, 2006 Having been there yesterday for the South Wales 1st Day Event I have to recommend the Chartist's View http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_detai...88-70b6ca0d9b5c. Do this early in your trip as the views of the mountains N,S,E & W are awesome and you can choose where you want to go over the following days. Quote
+Gary & Jane Posted May 21, 2006 Author Posted May 21, 2006 Just to let you know that we had a fantastic week, probably the best caching holiday we've had due to beautiful weather and excellent caches! Thanks again for your recommendations. There were so many to choose from and we cache at such a leisurely rate that we didn't manage to do them all. We'll be back! Gary & Jane Quote
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