Walking/Driving up Ridgebourne Road, past Hergest Croft Gardens, to the farthest point will bring you here. As you can see there is room to park a number of cars but it can become very popular at times and there may not be any room. The only alternative for parking is in Kington.

From here we walk through the gateway behind the camera and on to open ground.

The path is easy going here, well marked with a relatively gentle slope and Amanda, as usual, is out in front.

You may notice plenty of Gorse bushes up ahead to the left of the path.

Not all the Gorse was in flower but this bush certainly was.

You may also notice the view beyond with plenty of hills.

Looking back towards Kington on the well marked Offa's Dyke Path with another stunning view and Gorse Bushes aplenty.

We are now nearing the top and, believe it or not, those are Monkey Puzzle Trees. They were planted by a member of the Banks family, who own the Hergest Estate, having seen similar trees growing on mountain tops in Chile.

Very near the top is this rock known as the Whetstone. This stone is naturally deposited, possibly a glacial erratic, but was used in Medievel times as a place from which to distribute food to people suffering from Leperosy.

Whetstone implies a sharpening stone but I cannot imagine anyone coming all the way up here just to sharpen a blade. Perhaps it's because it looks, to some people, like a sharpening stone.