Heart of Wales Line Trail | Section One | Craven Arms to Broome | Using Viewranger

This is a new walking trail that utilises the beautiful single-track railway route that runs from Shrewsbury all the way down to Swansea. The trail officially starts at Craven Arms and is 144 miles long to Llanelli in South Wales.
See the Heart of Wales Line website here for up to date timetables: www.heart-of-w...
Today myself and Dave Outdoors started on the first of a multi day route called the Heart of Wales Line Trail. We walked section one which is 8 kilometres from Craven Arms railway Station to Broome Railway station. (We did it in reverse to fit in with the timetables.)
We intend to tackle the whole route over the course of the year and will make these videos as we go to hopefully encourage others to do the same.
Please visit the Heart of Wales Line Trail website for more information. www.heart-of-w...
They also have a facebook group for the trail which you can join: / heartofwaleslinetrail
There you can download the GPX files for your navigation device. My preferred method is to use an app called Viewranger which you can download onto your phone and the route is also available on there.
www.heart-of-w...
There is also a Guidebook available from Amazon so please see the link below
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Thanks to Dave Outdoors: / @daveoutdoors
Here is also a great video from 'All the Stations' of the entire train journey of the Heart of Wales Line.
Please see below some helpful links to some of the items that I use
Camping Equipment
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Clothing
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[@DaveOutdoors]

Very good Gord, good bit of editing there and we will complete this trail before 2020 👍 ATB Dave Outdoors 👍

[@ashropshirelad]

Dave Outdoors just watching yours chap. Superb 👍🏻👍🏻

[@BallfamilyAdventures]

Looks a nice walk! loving the healthy diet! and the drone out again great footage

[@ashropshirelad]

Cheers Nick, Yes chap, thoroughly enjoying this trail. Diet isn't quite going to plan though but hey!!!

[@BigBadStu17]

Very good mate. The rule about benches should be made a law. Sit down and take the view in.

[@ashropshirelad]

It is indeed, as soon as I saw that bench I thought of you and your policy!!!!

[@HardyTempestsWildCampsandWalks]

Great one, great footage and editing. Atb. Hardy

[@ashropshirelad]

Thankyou Sir, very kind of you to say. all the very best, GJ

[@handyoutdoors2938]

Awesome bud again we drive though craven arms all the time and didn't no it was a cafe in there some great views on that walk to mate thanks for sharing atb Dafydd

[@ashropshirelad]

Its a nice cafe too I can vouch, I was expecting an overblown version of a trendy sandwich but it was good thick bacon and proper lean sausage! Highly recommend. Also, if you like maps and guidebooks it's heaven!!!!

[@MyVagabondAdventures]

Very good video, enjoyed it, very well presented too 👍 can’t wait for more.

[@ashropshirelad]

Cheers Rustle! All the very best sir!!

[@morgs4mountains]

I enjoyed this first video of your series. The drone footage really shows the route off beautifully. Wonderfully edited too. Will look forward to seeing the rest of your series.

[@ashropshirelad]

Thanks a ton! Much appreciated, apologies for the late reply, just doing some housekeeping on the youtube thingy and found a load of comments!

[@davidbutler2617]

This looks a great laugh, I will hunt out the guide I am looking for a Welsh trail . Great video I will watch the rest of them .

[@ashropshirelad]

Please do! Its a great trail. it would be great to hear about other peoples experience on it. keep me posted

[@mrwilliams.65]

Nice one Gordon, hope the diet goes well 👍

[@ashropshirelad]

Cheers Andy! Glad you enjoyed it. More to come

[@blackcountrywalker]

I thought you would of mentioned about the Arbor tree at Aston on Clun. nice area for a walk.

[@ashropshirelad]

Dazzies Travels never heard of it??? Tell me more?

[@blackcountrywalker]

It's the tree ( Black Popular tree) with the decorated with flags, Aston on Clun is one of the few villages in the country that still celebrated Arbor Day 29 may facebook.com/events/aston-on-clun/aston-on-clun-arbor-tree/293777134288571/ this is a bad recording of there audio history guide below. i made two years ago. kzbin.info/www/bejne/bIjWaGebqpp6mZI en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aston_on_Clun www.bbc.co.uk/shropshire/content/articles/2005/05/03/arbor_day_aston_on_clun_2005_event_feature.shtml Burrow Camp Hill Fort at hopesay is nice too everytime i have been there i have spotted deer.

[@hazzardoutdoors]

Love view ranger myself. Do you have the paid version

[@ashropshirelad]

I'll let you into a secret, I'm on the 'Beta Program' with Viewranger, I'm always a couple of releases ahead and I get free maps! I have to say that even without that I would pay the full subscription in a heartbeat as they are always adding new features. Buddybeacon is really useful as I make my daughter put it on her phone when she's out with the horse and then I can always know exactly where she is if there is a problem,.

[@hazzardoutdoors]

@@ashropshirelad good advice

[@stevelewis7077]

Awesome video, quick question do you prefer ViewRanger over the OSmaps app if so why ?

[@ashropshirelad]

I'm entrenched in Viewranger as I have a lot of maps downloaded through it now. I find it more adaptable as it is good for the bike too. It also records more data and they keep adding features all the time. I really rate it. Works with apple watch too so you can have a map on your wrist!!!

[@MrSimmer114]

how good is viewranger ? is it free or do you have to pay extra for os maps etc ?

[@ashropshirelad]

I love my view ranger app, I've had it a few years now. You can either buy (and own) the map tiles, just a few pence each. or you can pay a subscription and have the whole country available. It also does a few more tricks but having a pinpoint on a OS map is amazing, a few years ago, nearly impossible!!!