Category: Walking

Walking Festivals and Challenges 2019

Shropshire is a great area for walking in and for those of you who enjoy organised events I have put together a list of some of our local walking festivals. I will give a quick summary and let you research further. Bishops

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Dark Skies Discovery Sites Church Stretton

A Dark Skies Discovery Site is a place where the Milky Way (not the chocolate bar) is visible in the night sky with the naked eye. There are four Dark Skies Discovery Sites across the Long Mynd, Church Stretton. These locations need

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Things to Do in Clun

Clun used to be a thriving commercial centre but is now a town of tranquillity. This does not mean nothing happens there. It has the Clun Green Man Festival and the Clun Valley Beer Festival. The Scamble, Ramble Amble stops in Clun

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Ramble, Scramble, or Amble 2019

Ramble, Scramble, Amble is on Saturday 11th May 2019  starting from Bishops Castle with all proceeds going to Bloodwise. With the start in Bishops Castle the Ramble Scramble Amble takes the walkers through some beautiful South Shropshire countryside. The Ramble is a

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Things to Do in Ludlow

This post is about Things to Do in Ludlow, and in this series of blogs I hope I am giving you ideas of things to do which are going to cost you pennies but also some that are free. Ludlow Castle. Did

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Magnalonga

Magnalonga will be on the 12th August 2018 starting and finishing at the Shropshire Hills Discovery Centre. Starting times are from 10am till 11.50 am, for which you can express a preference. Finish time is between 4pm and 6pm. It is a

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The Shropshire Way 80k

The Shropshire Way 80k Festival has become a mainstay of the calendar of events at the walk  Shropshire Hills Discovery Centre in Craven Arms. The Shropshire Way 80k will be on 2nd April to 3rd April 2022. There are three events the

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The Inaugural Shropshire 80K

Here at Folly View Let we cater for guests who visit to enjoy the wide variety of walking available in South Shropshire. We are very lucky to have the Shropshire Way pass within 500 m of Folly View Let. There are also

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Toposcope

I have mentioned the Toposcopes on the top of hills and hillforts and as I will talk about these places again I thought a brief description would be interesting. A Toposcope is a monument indicating direction and distance of notable land marks

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Hill Bagging

I knew about Munro bagging but had not realised there was other classifications for hills and mountains. A Munro is a mountain over 3,000 feet. If haven’t you heard of Munro bagging, it is where some people who like climbing,  climb all

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