JANUARY IS A GOOD TIME TO WALK IN FORESTRY COMMISSION WOODLAND
THE TREES ARE NOT AS DENSE AS IN THE SUMMER
THE VIEWS ARE BETTER, BUT THE TREES OFFER COVER IF
THE WEATHER GETS WORSE
THIS WALK STARTS FROM THE CAR PARK AT WENTWOOD LODGE
OUTDOOR LEISURE MAP 14
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THE WALK IS ABOUT 7 MILES AND GIVES GOOD VIEWS IN EVERY DIRECTION, AT DIFFERENT POINTS IN THE WALK
HERE WE ARE LOOKING ACROSS THE USK VALLEY TO THE BLACK MOUNTAINS. THEY WERE SNOW COVERED ON THIS DAY IN JANUARY.
IN SUMMER THIS VIEW WOULD BE OBSCURED BY TREES
THIS IS LOOKING ACROSS LLANWERN STEEL WORKS AND
USK MOUTH OVER THE BRISTOL CHANNEL
DIRECTIONS
FROM THE CAR PARK FOLLOW THE FOREST ROAD WEST TO MEET A MINOR ROAD. STRAIGHT AHEAD ON WELL USED (& SOMETIMES MUDDY) PATH HEADING WSW AND THEN SW
GOOD VIEWS TO THE RIGHT (TOP PHOTO)
WHEN A HOUSE IS REACHED, BRANCH OFF LEFT SE TO REACH A FOREST ROAD. WHERE THIS ROAD SWINGS LEFT LOOK OUT FOR A FOOTPATH AHEAD, THEN TAKE LEFT AT CROSS PATHS, MARKED BY POST ON THE RIGHT. FOLLOW YELLOW ARROWS DOWN, THEN THROUGH A VERY SHALLOW STREAM AND LEFT UP SOME STEPS. THE PATH WINDS THROUGH THE TREES TO A WIDE PATH. AT THE FIRST FORK GO RIGHT, AT THE NEXT FORK LEFT TO EVENTUALLY REACH A MINOR ROAD. CROSS OVER AND TAKE PATH OPPOSITE NE. FOLLOW UNTIL A FOREST ROAD IS REACHED, TURN RIGHT AND IN A SHORT TIME LEFT UP THROUGH THE TREES. THIS EVENTUALLY REACHES THE ROAD AGAIN, RIGHT UPHILL THEN RIGHT DOWN AN OLD TRACK. FOLLOW UNTIL AFTER A SHORT STEEP CLIMB (GOOD VIEWS ON RIGHT, SECOND PHOTO) REACH CROSS PATHS. LEFT TO FOLLOW ROUND TO CAR PARK.