Day 35 – Montgomery to Brompton Bridge

Distance: 18.4 km

Steps: 30,254

Whoa ! You say. No way is it 18 km from Montgomery to Brompton Bridge! Well, it is the route I took 😜 !

I though that I’d done my research. I found the bus stop, checked both the time and the route. I had checked everything with three bus drivers and I was pretty confident that the 07:48 T12 would take me to Monthomery. But it was not to be…

The driver of the T12 was as helpful as could be but Montgomery was simply not on his route “Jump aboatd” he said “I’ll drop you off as close as I can”. So he stopped at some anonymous junction (with no bus stop) saying “Montgomery is two or three miles that way” and he was gone.

I soon found out that the bus driver’s idea of a diret route was incompatible with a walker’s expeience. The road had no footway and was narrow, fast and busy, not just with cars but tractors and trucks too. I spent most of my time in the hedge.

In order to remain alive, I abandoned the road in favour of a field of sheep. I zigzagged a collection of rarely used footpaths and arrived in Montgomery at midday, late but still alive. I never did get to the bottom of the T12 mystery and in fact a T12 passed me in Montgomery as I sat outside the Spar eating my lunch. I then went to investigate the Dragon Hotel (yes, they have a swimming pool)

…and the castle

I finally left Montgomery about 3:30pm and made my way, via Brompton Bridge to Shirley Heights, my accommodation for the night. Offa’s Dyke is very apparent on the left of the path

Here’s the Parkinson’s link 😜

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