Offa's Dyke Path

Well done Stahlrost and don't forget Curry Mahal will still be there on your return.

 

Thank you, it will run out of beer that night

 

This is my favourite photo from today:-

 

Excellent plan, except for the getting up early and walking bit.

 

Ignore, I'm having a red wine induced mare...

 

Offas Dyke has seen many battles

You’d be hard pressed to find a location in the UK that hasn’t seen at least one bloody battle, and the stretch of Offa’s Dyke is no different.

The 1165 Battle of Corgen happened along the dyke and is still one of the bloodiest battles which occurred between the English and Welsh, when King Henry II led his army of 30,000 to fight the Welsh opposition led by Owain Gwynedd.



Battle of Corgen

Gwynedd was King of Gwynedd in North Wales, is commonly referred to as Owain the Great, and was the first official ‘Prince of Wales’ before ascending the throne.

Offa’s Dyke saw many other battles between the Welsh and the English until Edward I crushed the Welsh rebellion at its roots.

After this, the conquered territory of Wales was held by Edward I as territory for the British.


The terrain of Offas Dyke is varied and, in parts, challenging

 

'It] was customary for the English to cut off the ears of every Welshman who was found to the east of the dyke, and for the Welsh to hang every Englishman whom they found to the west of it.'

Stahlrost - go carefully - we Taffs have long memories about English oppression !

 

This is what I see on my phone...

 

That's Monmouth for you.

 

I'm feeling jealous. What a great little adventure. I love the sound of the pub stops.

I recommend the Three Castles Path. Windsor to Winchester. 60 miles. I did it over 4 days but it can be done in 2 or 3.

The route passes through the towns of New Alresford, Hartley Wintney, Sandhurst, Bracknell and Ascot and the villages of Martyr Worthy, Itchen Abbas, Abbotstone, Upper Wield, Ellisfield, Bradley, Greywell, North Warnborough and Odiham. The path also passes through Trilakes Country Park, Ascot Racecourse, Windsor Great Park and close to Broadmoor Hospital. Part of the footpath also follows the Basingstoke Canal towpath

 

Out of interest is there a reason why Cadbury’s funded the plaque?

 

I've done extensive research on this, and it appears that one of the most feared forms of torture was called the choke pear. When interrogating prisoners, the Welsh used the choke a lot!

 

They have a factory in the town where the plaque is so they funded its installation

 

Recently did my family tree, all my ancestors are from Monmouth from my great grandad onwards, they lived yards from Monnow Bridge.

I had an idea with the surname but l was livid when l found out we were Taff's.

 

just looked this up
'Mendelez International makers of Cadbury's Dairy Milk invested £15M in Cadbury Trebor Bassett CHIRK.....,'

Presumably the erecting of the plaque was a goodwill gesture by Cadbury's

CHIRK close to Offas Dyke is 3 miles North of Gobowen and 6 miles North of Oswestry.

 

spot on - just imagine what it was (IS ?) like for the Welsh sheep.

 

Thanks guys, didn’t know they had one there but assumed it must have been something like that.