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Ancient Paths Walk

With Phoebe Smith and Cerys Matthews

Hay Festival 2025, 

Join Phoebe Smith, Welsh author and guide with Inntravel (specialists in self-guided walking, cycling and rail holidays) and the Welsh singer-songwriter, Cerys Matthews to walk parts of the ancient ways around Hay-on-Wye, from the well-known Offa’s Dyke to lesser known cart tracks and paths. Smith’s Wayfarer: Love, Loss and Life on Britain’s Pilgrim Paths has been shortlisted for the Edward Stanford Travel Book of the Year 2025. Explore with her and discuss how nature and place can be powerful forces for healing, understanding and discovering selfhood.

Led by local guide, Sarah Price, https://www.walkhay.co.uk/

Ancient Paths Walk