Blorenge Walk - Circular Walk Around Blorenge Mountain

Music: https://www.bensound.com Website: https://roamingspices.com/blorenge-walk/ Blorenge Walk From Keeper’s Pond From the car park, take the path to the left of Keeper’s Pond and follow this along the northern bank of the pond until you reach an information board. Here you can read some useful facts about the valuable landscape that surrounds you. Cross the bridge, turn right and follow the obvious path in a north-easterly direction across the heather moorland of the Blorenge mountain. The B4246 which initially runs alongside the trail soon disappears from sight as it descends into the Usk Valley below. You are now left with only the splendid panorama of dark green patchwork valley backed by the baron peaks of Sugarloaf and its neighbouring peaks. Before long, there is a fork in the path indicated by a waymarker, inscribed with “Govilon and Llanfoist”. Here you head left, down a rocky path which gradually descends down the Blorenge’s northern slopes. After passing between two of the handful of small trees to adorn the heather dressed mountainside, the path splits once more. Here you can take your pick as either option leads you to join the tramroad and the next section of the Blorenge walk. Following the Tramroad Once you meet the tramroad, turn right and continue on this relatively flat section of the Blorenge walk as the trail follows the mountain’s contours around its northernmost extents. Along this section of the walk, you will now spot the unique shape of Skirrid Mountain off to the north-east. You will also see the tunnel through which the Hill’s Tramroad passed which serves as a fine example of this area’s industrial heritage. The path now begins to wind its way in and out of the mountain’s concave and steep easterly slopes. If you are fortunate enough to be enjoying the Blorenge walk in the spring, you are likely to be treated to some vibrant swathes of bluebells along this stretch.