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| I parked in the small layby off the A485 about fifty yards east from the hill fort, sadly it was persisting it down so we waterproofed ourselves and mozied on back up the road. Also after my directional cock up earlier I wasn't in the mood for niceties so I didn't ask for permission to get in, instead we gracefully leaped the barbed wire fence, well as graceful as wellied feet can any way, it's only a short stroll from the fence, in fact the forts most extreme northern defences seem to be cut into by the road side embankment....shocking. I wondered, then doubted whether any Dutch speaking Belgians had ever lived here, surely they would have been native Welsh iron age folk like anywhere in the country. We kicked a few lambs out of the way, they're only food after all, no, not really, I'm as soft as any vacant minded veggie. In fact it was the lambs that nearly made us turn back rather than any irate farmer, but we remained unchecked for the entire visit, it was early, raining and misty. We started our circuit of the forts defences, noting at least two entrances east and southwest. As we passed by the southwestern gate I wondered if on a clear day we could see Sunnyhill camp the other side of Tregaron about three miles distant. Eric leads the way round the perimeter, he knows we don't leave till we've seen the entire round, and he knows this is just the first of many sites to be got to in the two days we've given ourselves out in the comparative wilds of south Wales, in fact this one of three hill forts is just on the way to where we're going. Just on the way, sadly, a longer visit with a football, kite or other child friendly activity would be better I know. This post appears as part of the weblog entry Trio on the way
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Posted by postman11th April 2012ce Edited 11th April 2012ce
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| Excellent stuff. Looking forward to the others. |
Posted by thesweetcheat11th April 2012ce |
| I know you'll like them, we got up into the Preselli's |
Posted by postman 11th April 2012ce |
| Great! I was on the Gower on the weekend, we could have waved at each other across the bay. |
Posted by thesweetcheat 11th April 2012ce |
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