{"id":8844,"date":"2020-08-13T21:31:31","date_gmt":"2020-08-13T21:31:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.choircycle.co.uk\/?p=8844"},"modified":"2020-08-23T20:47:16","modified_gmt":"2020-08-23T20:47:16","slug":"w6-offas-dyke-2-lancaut","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.choircycle.co.uk\/?p=8844","title":{"rendered":"Walk 6 &#8211; Offa&#8217;s Dyke 2 (Lancaut)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong><u>Sunday, 16th August 2020<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Distance: 5 miles &#8211; Weather: Cloudy but warm &#8211; No. Walkers: 9<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Fabulous walk to the medieval Church of St. James at Lancaut, on the promontory of the River Wye. Staring from Chepstow Castle, over the Wye Bridge and up the steep hill towards Tutshill, before following the Offa&#8217;s Dyke path. A diversion, dropping down the cliff path towards the river, clambering over a boulder field and walking through the woods to the little church. After stopping and exploring the ancient ruin, still in remarkably good shape, a long climb past the old lime kilns to Lancaut Lane and finally reaching the main road, just north of Woodcroft. Back on the Offa&#8217;s Dyke path, stopping for photos at Wintours Leap, with stunning views of the river, and returning back to Chepstow. Day was finished off with a pint and pork pie in the Three Tuns pub.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>   <\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-4 is-cropped\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"974\" height=\"732\" src=\"http:\/\/www.choircycle.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/2.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"8851\" data-link=\"http:\/\/www.choircycle.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/2.jpg\" class=\"wp-image-8851\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.choircycle.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/2.jpg 974w, https:\/\/www.choircycle.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/2-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.choircycle.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/2-768x577.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 974px) 100vw, 974px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"546\" height=\"729\" src=\"http:\/\/www.choircycle.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/3.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"8852\" data-link=\"http:\/\/www.choircycle.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/3.jpg\" class=\"wp-image-8852\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.choircycle.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/3.jpg 546w, https:\/\/www.choircycle.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/3-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 546px) 100vw, 546px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"550\" height=\"728\" src=\"http:\/\/www.choircycle.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/4.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"8853\" data-link=\"http:\/\/www.choircycle.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/4.jpg\" class=\"wp-image-8853\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.choircycle.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/4.jpg 550w, https:\/\/www.choircycle.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/4-227x300.jpg 227w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"974\" height=\"734\" src=\"http:\/\/www.choircycle.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/5.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"8854\" data-link=\"http:\/\/www.choircycle.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/5.jpg\" class=\"wp-image-8854\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.choircycle.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/5.jpg 974w, https:\/\/www.choircycle.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/5-300x226.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.choircycle.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/5-768x579.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 974px) 100vw, 974px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"549\" height=\"731\" src=\"http:\/\/www.choircycle.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/6.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"8855\" data-link=\"http:\/\/www.choircycle.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/6.jpg\" class=\"wp-image-8855\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.choircycle.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/6.jpg 549w, https:\/\/www.choircycle.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/6-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 549px) 100vw, 549px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"978\" height=\"730\" src=\"http:\/\/www.choircycle.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/7.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"8856\" data-link=\"http:\/\/www.choircycle.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/7.jpg\" class=\"wp-image-8856\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.choircycle.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/7.jpg 978w, https:\/\/www.choircycle.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/7-300x224.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.choircycle.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/7-768x573.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 978px) 100vw, 978px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"545\" height=\"730\" src=\"http:\/\/www.choircycle.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/9.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"8857\" data-link=\"http:\/\/www.choircycle.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/9.jpg\" class=\"wp-image-8857\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.choircycle.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/9.jpg 545w, https:\/\/www.choircycle.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/9-224x300.jpg 224w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 545px) 100vw, 545px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"976\" height=\"731\" src=\"http:\/\/www.choircycle.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/12.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"8858\" data-link=\"http:\/\/www.choircycle.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/12.jpg\" class=\"wp-image-8858\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.choircycle.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/12.jpg 976w, https:\/\/www.choircycle.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/12-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.choircycle.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/12-768x575.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 976px) 100vw, 976px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"975\" height=\"731\" src=\"http:\/\/www.choircycle.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/13.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"8859\" data-link=\"http:\/\/www.choircycle.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/13.jpg\" class=\"wp-image-8859\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.choircycle.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/13.jpg 975w, https:\/\/www.choircycle.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/13-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.choircycle.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/13-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 975px) 100vw, 975px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"553\" height=\"731\" src=\"http:\/\/www.choircycle.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/15.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"8860\" data-link=\"http:\/\/www.choircycle.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/15.jpg\" class=\"wp-image-8860\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.choircycle.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/15.jpg 553w, https:\/\/www.choircycle.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/15-227x300.jpg 227w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 553px) 100vw, 553px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"549\" height=\"733\" src=\"http:\/\/www.choircycle.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/17.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"8861\" data-link=\"http:\/\/www.choircycle.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/17.jpg\" class=\"wp-image-8861\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.choircycle.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/17.jpg 549w, https:\/\/www.choircycle.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/17-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 549px) 100vw, 549px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"http:\/\/www.choircycle.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/IMG_7013-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"8862\" data-link=\"http:\/\/www.choircycle.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/IMG_7013.jpg\" class=\"wp-image-8862\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.choircycle.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/IMG_7013-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.choircycle.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/IMG_7013-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.choircycle.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/IMG_7013-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"http:\/\/www.choircycle.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/IMG_7015-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"8863\" data-link=\"http:\/\/www.choircycle.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/IMG_7015.jpg\" class=\"wp-image-8863\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.choircycle.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/IMG_7015-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.choircycle.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/IMG_7015-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.choircycle.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/IMG_7015-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"http:\/\/www.choircycle.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/IMG_7016-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"8864\" data-link=\"http:\/\/www.choircycle.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/IMG_7016.jpg\" class=\"wp-image-8864\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.choircycle.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/IMG_7016-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.choircycle.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/IMG_7016-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.choircycle.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/IMG_7016-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"http:\/\/www.choircycle.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/IMG_7020-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"8867\" data-link=\"http:\/\/www.choircycle.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/IMG_7020.jpg\" class=\"wp-image-8867\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.choircycle.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/IMG_7020-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.choircycle.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/IMG_7020-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.choircycle.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/IMG_7020-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"http:\/\/www.choircycle.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/IMG_7023-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"8868\" data-link=\"http:\/\/www.choircycle.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/IMG_7023.jpg\" class=\"wp-image-8868\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.choircycle.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/IMG_7023-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.choircycle.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/IMG_7023-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.choircycle.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/IMG_7023-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"http:\/\/www.choircycle.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/IMG_7054-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"8874\" data-link=\"http:\/\/www.choircycle.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/IMG_7054.jpg\" class=\"wp-image-8874\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.choircycle.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/IMG_7054-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.choircycle.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/IMG_7054-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.choircycle.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/IMG_7054-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"http:\/\/www.choircycle.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/IMG_7058-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"8875\" data-link=\"http:\/\/www.choircycle.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/IMG_7058.jpg\" class=\"wp-image-8875\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.choircycle.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/IMG_7058-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.choircycle.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/IMG_7058-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.choircycle.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/IMG_7058-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><u>Walkers:<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol><li>Tony Griffiths<\/li><li>Carolyn Griffiths<\/li><li>Jane Nesbitt<\/li><li>John Nesbitt<\/li><li>Robert Stallard<\/li><li>Chris Orum<\/li><li>Janice Orum<\/li><li>Chris Brown<\/li><li>Robert Brown<\/li><\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sunday, 16th August 2020 Distance: 5 miles &#8211; Weather: Cloudy but warm &#8211; No. Walkers: 9 Fabulous walk to the medieval Church of St. James at Lancaut, on the promontory of the River Wye. Staring from Chepstow Castle, over the Wye Bridge and up the steep hill towards Tutshill, before following the Offa&#8217;s Dyke path. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.choircycle.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8844"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.choircycle.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.choircycle.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.choircycle.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.choircycle.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=8844"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.choircycle.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8844\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8899,"href":"https:\/\/www.choircycle.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8844\/revisions\/8899"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.choircycle.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=8844"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.choircycle.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=8844"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.choircycle.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=8844"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}