Well Hello and welcome and these are the remains of the 14th
century fortified manor house known as Castle Coch and this weekend
we're back in west wales and we're staying at bluestone
we're staying at this lodge
very nice and literally about 400 yards from there
you can find this but i'm not alone guess who's with me
it's Mel.
okay are you staying with me for the full walk
no that's a definite no I've got better thing to do in my life
unfortunately? fortunately! anyway you can stay with me for the
start okay well mel yes we're starting the walk at Castle
Coch then we're going to walk down to the river and the Knight's Way which
is the ancient pilgrimage path then we're going to turn into Canaston
Woods we've been to this area six times and we've never been
to the woods and they date back hundreds of years
it was actually part of the medieval forest of Narbeth
medieval forest and the border of that was at Canaston Bridge
so that's our plan and we're just going to see what we come across
and Mel is going to stay with me as long as she can
at this rate not very long all right let's get started let's go.
Are you going now Me, you go for coffee
bye, give us a wave.
As you can see Mel's had enough already and she's gone back to the lodge
anyway the path from bluestone comes out
and joins the ancient pilgrimage path and known as the Knight's way so I'm
going to take a right towards Canaston Woods
so my walk from Bluestone, my solo walk now from Bluestone continues
I've come along the Knight's Way it now crosses
a main road you may be able to hear that in the background and i've reached
Canaston Wood and that's where I'm headed next
so as I pass Canaston Wood car park if you want to drive here
something you don't see that often
free parking for up to six hours.
Like the Afon Valley this is where I think I'm taking a shortcut
but get a bit lost in the forest
Well I made it back to a footpath, a rather muddy footpath but still a
footpath
not far away I've just seen something quite interesting
on the map so let's go and see what i can find
well this could mean trouble
I finally got to the place I saw marked on the map, it's an old church
I had a quick look and apparently, it's Saint Michael's chapel
also known as Mounton Chapel it's not that far from Canaston Wood
it looks really old and overgrown there's bramble bushes
it's all collapsed but a bit of research said
this building dates from 1743 so isn't that old although this was a
site of a 12th 13th-century church in this field and I
think they used some of that material in the renovation in the 1700s
apparently, it was in use until 1948 but unfortunately apart from the bramble
bushes there is a barbed wire fence around the building
so they definitely don't want to have people going in but let's go and see
if we can have a closer look with the camera
let's go and see
so I'm back and guess who's joining me it's me who do you think
You missed out on some fun and games okay didn't she viewers
I'll take your word for it, it was a bit muddy I got lost in the woods
and I found an old church which you couldn't get into because it was sealed off
Did you fall down a ravine? No i didn't but I did go in a field that had a warning
saying Bull on the loose
but he didn't approach me, you couldn't see him.
There were signs of him everywhere so anyway
that was my little walk from Bluestone from Castle Coch
down to the old ruined church very nice and pleasant
and CanastonWood, you missed out on that one Mel
I'm gutted, do I look gutted, it's not really Las Vegas
but I enjoyed it. Anyway, anything that keeps you happy my
darling. And out of the house. Keeps your little mind happy, I'm happy
as well. OK on that note don't forget to catch up on
me and Mel in some of our other videos and
we'll see you in one of those very shortly bye-bye.
Make me tea!