For the Shuttocks Hill trig point bag, I parked just off Eye Lane. It looked like a straight shot up the lane ahead and through the woods. However it didn’t turn out to be that easy!
It started off simple enough. Following a single track lane past some houses.
I could see the high point up ahead beyond the woodland so knew where I needed to be heading.
It was a bit soggy after the giant log!
Just up ahead was a sort of crossroads into two fields.
I headed into the left field and followed the woodland up the hill.
At the top of this field, there was a mixture of a wooden fence, a steel gate all tied up with ropes and barbed wire. It was a little overgrown but there was a way through and you had to go over it to get into the next field.
Anyway, I continued up the next field. At the top of this there was a rickety old wire fence with an extra helping of barbed wire. The trig pillar was in this field but it was just too ropey to tackle from this side.
I followed the hedge along the top of the field and down the other side. There was a stile with the Herefordshire Trail marked on it.
I headed back up the field which was so saturated and slippery that I was not looking forward to coming back down it!
Reached the top… Just…
There it was, the Shuttocks Hill trig point.
It was however a little sunken down in the hedge.
The hedge was a little overgrown and the pillar itself was looking a bit worse for wear.
Not wanting to slide back down the slope on my arse, I found a way (just about) over the ropey fence. It was passable from the otherside but the wood was extremely slippery. I saved myself a journey back down and up the field at least!
This one was a nice 5k distance out and back from where I parked.
Thanks for reading and good luck with this one if you plan to tackle it!
Looking back the way I came from the trig pillar
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Grid reference: SO 50028 64933 | T:UK waypoint: TP5971 | Taken from www.streetmap.co.uk
