This weeks video takes us to The Ercall and Wrekin Hills in Shropshire, England.
An idea which stemmed from poundlands' knock-off Toblerone, "Twin Peaks" chocolate bars which claim to be inspired by The Ercall & Wrekin hills (as opposed to Toblerones' Matterhorn/Alps)
One might argue its an awful long way to travel for this joke... but not us!
This is a very gentle and relaxing forest walk from The Ercall (only 140m) through to The Wrekin (407m/ 1335ft)
There is an iron age hill fort on the summit, approx 47CE(AD), thought to be the capital of the Cornovii tribe, which was later Sacked by Roman invaders.
The Trig point and Toposcope at the Summit where incorporated into an art piece "The Sky Begins at my Feet" in honour of the late Queen Elizabeth II platinum Jubilee.
And like most mountains in the UK/Ireland it is the subject of ancient folklore involving giants. The Giant, Gwendol wrekin ap shenkin ap myndmwar (Gwendol Wrekin, son of Shenkin, grandson of Big Mountain), is said to have scooped up a pile of earth intent on using it to block the river Severn in order to flood the town of Shrewsbury and kill its inhabitants. Upon giving up on this pursuit, he dropped the pile of earth, which then became The Wrekin.
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