Harford (W11) to Tristis Rock (V11) to New Waste (V10)

We parked the car outside the church in Harford and walked down to Harford Bridge.  There were lots of bluebells out making this a very pretty spot.




We continued along the road to the second gate, having been warned that there were bogs and difficult climbing on the lower path to Tristis Rock.  We climbed up towards the moor and there were more bluebells to be seen.






Once out onto the moor it was easy to see Tristis Rock and there was a clear path to it. The views from the Rock were far reaching and fantastic.







We then made our way down the moor, planning to get to Stalldon Row.  The path we should have taken was not very clear but we headed in the right direction and managed to eventually get to the path leading to the Water Treatment works. The only potential problem we encountered was having to go through a field of cows with their young.  They eyed us suspiciously but let us pass.


We saw several hawthorn trees, but none were in flower, although one was in bud.  This year the winter has been so cold most flowers are late.



I had miscalculated how long it would take us to reach this point.  As we still had quite a climb to reach Stalldon Row we decided to turn round and head back to the car.  The outward journey took 1.5 hours, but we were back to our car in 1 hour as we went a direct way and did not keep stopping to take photographs or work out where we were and where we should be going!

Once we had eaten our lunch we decided to explore the church in Harford as we had not done that when we visited the village before.  We found the slate memorials to the villagers living in 1600's, but the belfry was full of stuff and we could not see the slates very well or photograph them properly.  One was completely behind some wood.  The bells have obviously been taken down and were in the church outside the belfry.





Above the door to the church was a very interesting coat of arms dated 1728


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