The summit of Little Hill. Just where are the views?
The trig point and toposcope on THe Wrekin.Walk stats: Distance: 7.9 miles; Time: 5 hours 18 minutes;
Walking average: 2.5 m.p.h.; Overall average: 1.5 m.p.h.;
Group: Martyn, Richard and Dave J.
This turned out to be a shorter than usual walk for a Saturday with relatively good weather on offer, but it was initially planned to take in to account the fact that our teacher friends had just had their first week back at work. In the invent none came along!
Much of the walk involved forest trails, the first in Ercall Woods, an area of Sessile Oak Wood. Views on this walk were limited until we reached the summit plateau on The Wrekin. Here the views were excellent, revealing the very flat nature of the immediate hinterland and the Long Mynd, Stipperstones, Care Caradoc and The Lawler on the skyline to the west. Initially we extended the walk to include Little Hill to the west of The Wrekin, expecting it to be a good vantage point, but it wasn't. The tall trees around the summit made the steep ascent along the Shropshire Way unworthy of the effort put i to get there!
Birds seen or heard included: Swallow, Mallard, House martin, Blackbird, Blue tit, Carion Crow, raven, Buzzard, Wren and a Hobby. The Hobby was seen on The Wrekin, probably there because of the abundance of House martins feeding on insects around the telecommunications mast. It quickly headed off eastwards in the direction of Wellington.
After walk drinks were enjoyed at the Cock Hotel in Wellington, an excellent hostelry with plenty of character - 7 real ales and 1 cider on offer. Hobson's bitter seemed to be their house beer and the cider on this occasion was Moles Black Rat. Other beers enjoyed were Coalport Dodgers Mild brewed by the Worfield Brewery and Deuchars IPA. This hotel is certainly worthy of its CAMRA Good Beer Guide entry, and the slight detour to get to it.
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