Up the Sugar Loaf

After leaving the Ministry Of Defence buildings at Filton Abbey Wood behind us, we escaped over the border into Wales. Or rather, under it, by train through the Severn Tunnel and on to Newport, from whence to Abergavenny.



Found a path up through woodland north west of the town, strangely devoid of birdsong, then descended into a valley and across a stream before wading through head-high bracken to locate one of the paths leading up the mountain.



Eventually reaching the summit of the Sugar Loaf at nearly 2000 feet / 600 metres, where the wind was wild and we were surprised to find bumble bees and amused by stone carvings by 20th-century man, and woman.



View east, to the Skirrid mountain.



Back down a different way ...



... to the station.