With so many fortresses built across the Welsh Borders over the centuries – each with its own fascinating history of victory and defeat, glory and gore, prosperity and decline – three walks were never going to do them justice. So this month we have a second instalment of wanders to and from some of the finest in the region.

ROUTE 1 – Wonderful views next to the tidal River Wye in Monmouthshire

ROUTE 2 – A pretty walk through the rolling Shropshire Hills

ROUTE 3 – A short stroll through the pretty market town of Ruthin

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