Heart of Wales Line Trail | Section Three | Bucknell to Knighton

Today myself and Dave Outdoors walked section three of the multi day route called the 'Heart of Wales Line Trail. We walked from the end of section two, Bucknell using the Heart of Wales Line train service to get to the start. Todays route is 16 km (just under 10 miles) finishing in the town of Knighton, Powys.
The views from Stow Hill and down into Knighton from the Offas Dyke path were spectacular but unfortunately 40 mph winds as you will see meant that we weren’t able to use the drone on this one.
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Head on over to ‘Dave Outdoors’ Channel. / @daveoutdoors . And comment on his part three video of this route. Leave the words ‘Heart of Wales Line Trail’ in a comment and also make sure you subscribe and you’ll be entered in a draw to win a Heart of Wales Line Trail Guidebook.
I’ll be giving one away on the next section video so stay tuned for another chance to win!!
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.
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...
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.
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There is also a Guidebook available from Amazon so please see the link below
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Subscribe to Dave Outdoors: / @daveoutdoors
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[@BigBadStu17]

Cracking video as ever Mostyn. Well done.

[@ashropshirelad]

Mumford and Son cheers Mon!🤣🤣🤣

[@AndyMorfett]

Great to see a break in the weather for you Gord on your continued walk along the Heart of Wales. It’ll be a great achievement once completed. ATB Andy

[@ashropshirelad]

Cheers Andy, Yes I have to say its shaping up to be an amazing route. Really looking forward to getting into the 'wild west' in the spring and get some long days in with a wild camp.

[@shropshirehillwalks5343]

Another great film Gord. Very windy... but great views on show! Massive thanks for your endorsement of Shropshire Hill Walks. Hopefully you'll get the drone out on the next leg.

[@ashropshirelad]

You're more than welcome sir, Your drone footage is inspiring and your library of conquests is becoming a very useful resource! We need you to all the hills in Wales next!!

[@DaveOutdoors]

Fantastic video mate, took me right back again. That wind was just blinding 😂🤣 well done buddy, here's to the next one 🤜🤛

[@ashropshirelad]

Thankyou very much for your kind words Dave Outdoors. Much appreciated. Thanks again for watching! All the best. GJ

[@smoggiewalks578]

Cracking video less wind today

[@ashropshirelad]

Ha Ha! Yes that wind! It would have been even better on the Monday. That was still a beautiful view, really enjoyed that section. Thanks for watching, All the best, GJ

[@jossthomas123456]

Nice to see the sun coming out for you, what a cracking blue sky and fluffy clouds, the timelapses looked great! Atb buddy, Joss

[@ashropshirelad]

Joss cheers Joss, you’re right, it was a glorious day just hampered a bit with the wind but then I have to moan about something 🤣🤣🤣😇

[@jossthomas123456]

A Shropshire Lad well we have to keep something to moan about😂

[@oldgreygritter]

Great video as always. Thank you

[@ashropshirelad]

Thankyou very much for your kind words oldgreygritter. Much appreciated. Thanks again for watching! All the best. GJ

[@RoadtrippinwithTakacs]

I like books. I'll head over there in a bit. 😀 Great hike! 👍 Love the wide open spaces. I look forward to watching more of your hikes. Subscribed, friend (#643). 🔥

[@ashropshirelad]

Thankyou for the sub there! Much appreciated. Glad you like it, I quite like the editing side of things so these walks give some great material to work with. Have a great day, all the best GJ

[@tregarrock4197]

Great video as always, walked Offa’s Dike 31 years ago when I was 16 on my own before I joined the Army wild camped all the way. It rained a lot! Looking to re-do it soon.

[@ashropshirelad]

Same here, waiting for Wales to open its arms again and we'll be back on that trail!!

[@handyoutdoors2938]

Cracking vid mate some good views to at least u didn't have the rain and not very often u get that in Wales thanks for sharing mate atb Dafydd

[@ashropshirelad]

Ha Ha! That is very true! Thanks for watching and commenting, very much appreciated. All the best, GJ

[@ArielleViking]

A really beautiful hike video, that track sure was muddy. Nice to see you embracing it. 👍

[@ashropshirelad]

Ha ha! It was a tad wet! Hopefully the Spring weather is around the corner and we can get some more miles of it filmed.

[@adriansmith38]

Inspired to do this walk in the future - thanks.

[@ashropshirelad]

It is lovely. The walk up from Bucknell was a lot tamer than we thought. Having that train link makes so much sense. I hope it takes off.

[@ttxela]

Nice one, I do enjoy these videos of you and Dave 👍

[@ashropshirelad]

Cheers Alex, it certainly is a laugh along the way when he’s involved🤣🤣🤣

[@morgs4mountains]

Regardless of no drone footage, I thought this was very good.

[@ashropshirelad]

Cheers chap, well done on your series too, thoroughly enjoyed seeing them

[@WildAstro]

Lovely film Gord. Scenery starting to get pretty now! Hopefully I’ll be back with you in a near future stage!👍🏼

[@ashropshirelad]

Look forward to it. I think the wild camping sections are coming soon so that will add another dimension to it all

[@davidmartin8992]

Great video inspired me to walk the sections from Knucklas to knighton then onto Bucknell hoping to walk some other section when the better weather comes

[@ashropshirelad]

Ah, yes, that's the next section for us, looking forward to a nice calm day so that we can get some nice drone footage of the Knuckles Viaduct. good luck with your travels!

[@martintaylor9204]

Hi Dave, you stayed at our holiday cottage in Knighton last September. I presume when you shot this footage. I have really enjoyed episodes 1 to 3 and look forward to a continuation as they unfold throughout 2020. The cottage now has full time tenants in, but our 4 berth annex is still available for bookings throughout the coming year, and we are just about to go live with two double rooms at our B&B. We will continue to offer our rescue service, when walkers miss their train, etc. Great job, it is even tempting us to follow in your footsteps. Cheers, Martin.

[@ashropshirelad]

Morning Martin, Gordon here, I don't think it was me that stayed there but I will ask Dave. Thats really useful to know about the accomodation. send me some details ([e-mail]) and I will mention it in the next one. Love the 'rescue service' . Might need to take you up on that at some point!!! Al the very best, Gordon

[@DaveOutdoors]

Hi Martin, I can't recall staying in a holiday cottage in Knighton, I think that has been my first visit to Knighton. Same as Gordon, please forward details of your accommodation and I shall promote on next video.. [e-mail]

[@martintaylor9204]

Dave, without publicly transmitting your surname I am at a loss. I watched your videos and then recognised you, or was it your friend Dave C?. So I plugged that name back into You Tube and got alternative versions of the same footage. Maybe the internet is just being silly. All that cookie nonsense. Anyway, I will email you, to clear up the mystery.

[@ashropshirelad]

@@martintaylor9204 Morning Martin, I don't think that was with of us, Ive had a chat with Dave and he hasn't stayed in Knighton either. We only walked this last weekend and all the footage was from there. email me those details though and when we walk the next section which is from Knighton we'll mention your place and people planning the walk from further afield might like to book? Best Regards, Gordon.

[@martintaylor9204]

Gordon, thank you very much. Our guest accommodation is called the Bunk House Annex and it can be found on Airbnb and Booking.com. It offers self catering for up to 4 people for a base price of £60 a night. I am quite happy to offer lifts to and from Knighton to Kington, Montgomery or Craven Arms, which enables guests who are walking the trails to stay with us for up to 3 consecutive nights. When you are next in the area you must pop in for a brew.

[@neilstokescvwshrewsbury7939]

My Nan and a lot of my family lived in Bucknell, sadly most are in the cemetery at Chapel Lawn ..

[@ashropshirelad]

Lovely place, A nice place to be at rest Chapel Lawn,

[@SalopianBivvyman]

👍👍

[@ashropshirelad]

Thankyou very much for your kind words Salopian Bivvyman. Much appreciated. Thanks again for watching! All the best. GJ