Wentwood, the Usk path, Skenfrith — three Gwent days that aren’t the Beacons car park
Wentwood, the forest gate
Not the Beacons. Not the lay-by you always park in. The forest gate at 9am on a Saturday is still a wood. Ninety minutes, mud, and you are back for County. Place file has the pin.
The Usk path, east of the footbridge
From the city footbridge toward Maindee, forty minutes out and back. Free. You will see the trial-pit notices from 6 October — walk it before they fence a bit. Not Instagram Greece. Newport.
Skenfrith on a Wednesday
The castle is still there when the car park is empty. The Bell has the table you cannot get on Saturday. That is the whole trick: go when other people do not.
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