WYSIS WAY

THE MAP OF THE WYSIS WAY AS SHOWN ON ROUTE AND ALSO DEPICTED ON POSTS MARKING THE WAYMARKED PATH

THE WYSIS WAY CAN BE DIVIDED INTO

1 MONMOUTH TO MITCHEL DEAN

THIS PART OF THE WALK STARTS AT THE WYE IN MONMOUTH AND VISITS THE ROUND HOUSE ON THE KYMIN AND THE NEAR HEARKENING ROCK IN THE FOREST OF DEAN.MOST OF THE WALK IS THROUGH THE FOREST AND THERE IS ALWAYS PLENTY OF WILD LIFE TO SEE.BIRDS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR,SPRING FLOWERS AND IN THE AUTUMN PLENTY OF FUNGI.THE ROCK FORMATION SEEN IN THE FOREST OF DEAN IS VERY VARIED AND FOR THOSE WHO DO NOT MAKE TOO MUCH NOISE THERE IS ALWAYS THE POSSIBILITY OF SEEING A HERD OF DEER.

2 MITCHELDEAN TO ROBINSWOOD COUNTRY PARK

GLOUCESTER DOCK LAND,NOW A VISITOR AND CRAFT CENTER

FROM MITCHELDEAN THE WALK TAKES YOU OVER MAY HILL WITH ITS DISTINCTIVE CROWN OF FIR TREES PLANTED TO CELEBRATE QUEEN VICTORIA'S JUBILEE.ON A CLEAR DAY THE VIEWS ARE SPLENDID IN ALL DIRECTIONS.THE WALK CONTINUES ACCROSS MEADOWS TO GLOUCESTER AND THROUGH THE DOCKLAND AND SUBERBS TO REACH THE COUNTRY PARK.

THIS IS THE VIEW FROM ROBINSWOOD HILL

3 ROBINSWOOD TO BISLEY

LEAVING THE COUNTRY PARK BY CLIMBING UP OVER THE TRIG POINT (A SPLENDID VIEW POINT) TRACE THE PATH OVER FARM LAND AND OVER PAINSWICK BEACON

NEAR PAINSWICK IN THE SPRING THE ROADSIDES ARE FULL OF FLOWERS INCLUDING THE ORCHID (LEFT) ON THE RIGHT ONE OF THE OLD FIELD BRIDGES WHIICH ARE CROSSED AS THE PATH CROSSES FIELDS AND STREAMS

4 BISLEY TO KEMBLE

LEAVE BISLEY AND TRAVEL TO SAPPERTON

SAPPERTON ON THE LEFT THE CHURCH ON THE RIGHT TOPIARY WORK IN A LOCAL GARDEN

FROM SAPPERTON THE ROUTE FOLLOWS THE PATH OF THE CANAL TUNNEL.THIS WAS THE LONGEST CANAL TUNNEL IN THE COUNTRY WHEN FIRST CONSTRUCTED,AND ITS UNDERGROUND ROUTE IS MARKED ON THE SURFACE BY VENTILATION PIPES,WHICH APPEAR AS CLUMPS OF TREES ON RAISED GROUND.

ON THE LEFT THE SOUTHERN END OF THE TUNNEL,WHILE ON THE RIGHT IS THE CASTELLATED NORTHERN OPENING

THE PATH WINDS THROUGH FIELDS OF CROPS

ON THE LEFT RAPE AND RIGHT LINSEED

THE WALK REACHES THE SOURCE OF THE THAMES

RATHER AN ANTI-CLIMAX,THE DROP IN THE LEVEL OF THE WATER TABLE HAS RESULTED IN A SPRING BECOMING A DAMP PATCH!!!!!

WALKS

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