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21st Dec 2023  12:30  by Mickandkim

Gridref: SO 21300 63600   FB Number: S8074  Condition: Good  Score: 6/10

Parked at CP to East and followed track to top corner then onto hill for final accent to pillar where we decided to abort other pillars further on due to very high winds

1st May 2023  17:30  by Seth7,CLJ &RLJ

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Good views Trig sits like the two before it on a little mound, and was our last of the day, we were going to get the Smatcher in too but legs tired since we haven't been out lately so will save that one for another day. Did spot a few BM/FB on route back to car though!

19th Nov 2022  09:20  by Dan Baddeley

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29th Oct 2022  12:30  by janineharris44

FB Number: S8074  Condition: Good  Score: 7/10

4/5 from Warren Wood. Up along green lane and footpaths taking in Nyth Grug, Radnor Forest and Black Mixen trigs. From Black Mixen followed the path to where it meets the forest just below the small disused forest. Then along the forest fence till you reach the gate back out into the common. Turn right and head up along the fence. About 20m up you can cross the heather to pick up a larger path which you follow to the summit. At the top turn left and follow the path for a short distance. The trig sits on a very prominent mount to the left. Still no views, nothing but cloud. Trig is in excellent condition with spider and FB intact. Can see down the full length of the centre hole, quite unusual.

©janineharris44
©janineharris44

23rd Aug 2022  13:00  by widget

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Second one of the day on a circular walk from Ffoediloes. As forecast, the cloud had lifted but it was still 8/8 so the patchwork quilt of fields viewed en route and from the top were in muted greens and yellows, but still lovely and worth the trip. The trig sits on a little tump of its own, like a mini Glastonbury Tor amidst a field of heather. Slight nav error towards the end resulted in a successful escape route down to the road via a field full of veg and a small copse but we didn't get any wetter!

Patchwork quilt behind trig and Echo
Echo looking back to Black Mixen

21st Jun 2022  21:30  by thewalkingsketchbook

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Went up to Badland Hill (Bache Hill) Trig point to see the sun setting on the solstice. Beautiful evening, no wind and warm, to the sound of the skylarks calling.

Solstice sunset Sun setting on the solstice ©thewalkingsketchbook

8th Jun 2022  20:25  by SebastienCale

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Cracking views from this one. Up from New Radnor on the Nuttall route before heading over to Black Mixen on a showery day.

17th Apr 2022  12:48  by MGT67

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25th Mar 2022  17:51  by Megan

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21st Mar 2022  00:00  by enduroboy

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19th Mar 2022  13:20  by mattfallen

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27th Oct 2021  14:56  by monkey77

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Walked up from new Radnor.

25th Aug 2021  20:00  by SJ Jones

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19th Aug 2021  14:33  by Maryjdavies

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19th Aug 2021  11:33  by Walking with Gerald

Gridref: SO 21387 63643   FB Number: S8074  Condition: Good  Score: 6/10

30th Mar 2021  15:40  by Izzy Watts

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3rd trig of the day, after Radnor forest & black mixen. Lovely views. Hiked from the fish pools in the Radnor forest. Lovely spring day.

6th Jan 2021  11:00  by creativeowl

FB Number: S8074  Condition: Good  Score: 8/10

Out for my daily exercise. No views today as misty & a good covering of snow

5th Jul 2020  10:55  by retired trigger

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29th Oct 2019  10:11  by danmaisiebex

Gridref: SO 21388 63646   FB Number: S8074  Condition: Good  Score: 7/10

Second pillar of the day, after Black Mixen. Excellent viewpoint, cloud & mist had burnt off.

15th Sep 2019  13:00  by Exe-Eagle

FB Number: S8074  Condition: Good  Score: 8/10

31st Aug 2019  11:00  by Chrise

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25th Aug 2019  15:43  by mitsiman

Gridref: SO 21383 63649   FB Number: Not logged  Condition: Good  Score: 8/10

Walked from Black Mixen. A hard fought bag as approached from the path to the N, 300m of heather to contend with!

24th Aug 2019  15:00  by Earby Rambler

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Visited with P61 and Brunshaw.

Approach
Trig
Panoramic
Panoramic
Panoramic

24th Aug 2019  15:00  by painterman61

FB Number: S8074  Condition: Good  Score: 9/10

On from the next one best views of the day trig in vgc bagged wimble on the way down.

trig ©painterman61
trig ©painterman61
top ©painterman61
fb ©painterman61
Tired men on wimble ©painterman61

31st May 2019  14:54  by sloth

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On a walk with Rod

18th Mar 2019  19:23  by angelaspired

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5th Mar 2019  19:41  by hdfogy

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5th Mar 2019  10:35  by gower lad

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sceptical how this scrapes genuine 2000 foot when sat on mound 5-6 foot high

2nd Jun 2018  12:30  by Juliebfitness

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Hubby Gelert & Laika
Me Gelert & Laika

16th Jul 2017  16:02  by paulxtr

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Bagged as part of a 13 mile 5 pillar circuit of the Radnor Forest trigs.

Badland Hill ©paulxtr

26th Mar 2017  11:17  by trigging on an island

FB Number: S8074  Condition: Good  Score: 10/10

Trig and view just perfect this morning on a revisit to the area as I couldn't fit this one into my previous Radnor Forest walk in 2013.

Not such a bad land ...

19th Feb 2017  13:02  by g4wsb

Gridref: SO 21392 63655   FB Number: S8074  Condition: Good  Score: 6/10

Mixed weather sun/fog most, down forest track to gates through right grass track/heather raise up on mound.

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©g4wsb
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©g4wsb

8th Oct 2016  13:15  by AsherMarley

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4th Sep 2016  13:42  by underhill

FB Number: S8074  Condition: Good  Score: 7/10

16th Jun 2016  11:19  by jonglew

Gridref: SO 21388 63648   FB Number: S8074  Condition: Good  Score: 6/10

From New Radnor on a reverse direction of the Nuttall 11.4 walk. Located on a saucer barrow at top of Bache Hill. Pillar has retaind the original top cap, deeply indented lettering; all sight holes open. A rain-sodden 360deg panorama with low thin cloud detracting from it. If anyone has lost a 2p piece, it's on this pillar!

Pillar TP0963©jonglew
Spider TP0963©jonglew
Flush Bracket TP0963©jonglew

12th May 2016  12:15  by Ramblingpaul

Gridref: SO 21391 63651   FB Number: S8074  Condition: Good  Score: 7/10

Bagged during Nuttall's circular walk from New Radnor

23rd Feb 2016  12:06  by Cas-gwent

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Logged on circular walk to Great Rhos.

23rd Jan 2016  00:00  by Ronaldo333

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9th Oct 2015  15:02  by Clanfield Rambler

Gridref: SO 21388 63648   FB Number: S8074  Condition: Good  Score: 6/10

Walked over from Black Mixen. Pillar in good condition with metal plug. Good views.

19th Jul 2015  20:25  by Robert Kemp

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18th Jul 2015  09:27  by philpb

Gridref: SO 21390 63647   FB Number: S8074  Condition: Good  Score: 7/10

Trig
Flush Bracket
Spider

21st May 2015  17:46  by THE CYCLIST

FB Number: S8074  Condition: Good  Score: 5/10

2nd pillar of day. Cycled up from Kinnerton to approx. SO235642 to East. Then on foot climbing steadily on ROW beside woods. Final section to pillar through heather, but easier back finding track from near top. A nice warm sunny day to appreciate panorama of countryside.

26th Aug 2014  12:09  by Steve&Gill

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24th Mar 2014  13:19  by Bridgeman

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Circular walk from New Radnor. Third trig of three. clouded up after sunny start to day.

Badland Hill (Bache Hill) Trig Point ©Bridgeman
Badland Hill (Bache Hill) Trig Point FB ©Bridgeman

25th Feb 2014  12:53  by mntainman

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23rd Nov 2013  11:17  by Loz&Bib

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31st Aug 2013  13:53  by Phil Clayton

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Above date is most recent of four visits, first on 06/03/1977. This time during circular walk round Radnor Forest tops from Cascob and the old "Great Road".

8th Jun 2013  12:30  by aussierules

FB Number: S8074  Condition: Good  Score: 5/10

Great circular walk up from New Radnor taking in Great Rhos, Black Mixen and Bache Hill.

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15th Apr 2013  12:40  by Dusty

FB Number: S8074  Condition: Good  Score: 8/10

Last of the 3 Radnor pillars this morning.

Pillar
Mrs Dusty & trigpoint
Spider
Flush Bracket

6th Oct 2012  00:00  by ngthack

FB Number: S8074  Condition: Good  Score: 5/10

8th Aug 2012  11:50  by aussierules

FB Number: S8074  Condition: Good  Score: 5/10

Great circular walk up from New Radnor taking in Great Rhos, Black Mixen and Bache Hill. Lots of flies!!

©aussierules

7th Jan 2012  14:21  by russie and sidekick

FB Number: S8074  Condition: Good  Score: 6/10

spider
flush bracket
pillar

4th Jun 2011  11:00  by DanTrig

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10.5 mile circular walk from New Radnor over Whimble, bagging Bache Hill (Badlands Hill?), Black Mixen and Great Rhos (Radnor Forest) trigs, drove to and bagged The Smatcher trig afterwards. Very underrated area, nice weather.

17th Feb 2011  12:30  by heavyhorses

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Out hill bagging on a very foggy day.

16th Oct 2010  00:00  by yt

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22nd May 2010  11:03  by Aye Jimmy

Gridref: SO 21391 63653   FB Number: S8074  Condition: Good  Score: 5/10

Called Bache Hill. Retains its OS cap, unlike the other two on this Nuttall walk.

Bache Hill Perched on a hilltop mound. Black Mixen behind.
Bache Hill Flush bracket.
Bache Hill Location and cap.

6th Apr 2010  10:55  by tim747

FB Number: S8074  Condition: Good  Score: 6/10

23rd Dec 2009  13:15  by ProSpec

Gridref: SO 21383 63644   FB Number: S8074  Condition: Good  Score: 6/10

From New Radnor, via Bache Hill, Black Mixen & Great Rhos on a snowy day.

A snowy pillar

17th Oct 2009  11:20  by dugswell2

FB Number: S8074  Condition: Good  Score: 7/10

Bache Hill by Nuttall route.

11th Apr 2009  13:08  by Analoguesat

FB Number: S8074  Condition: Good  Score: 7/10

Nice walk up from the car park at the New Radnor entrance to the forest. Perched on top of an obvious tumulus, and on another glorious spring day the views were extensive. Combined with the Black Mixen trig.

1st Jan 2009  10:33  by rhayader_wanderer

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Finishing off the day cloud thicker still so got lazy and relied on my GPS to get a direct line across the field rather than walk the fences

2nd Nov 2008  14:15  by Glaslyn

Gridref: SO 21380 63640   FB Number: S8074  Condition: Good  Score: 8/10

Re visit to photograph. Have visited this point on many occasions but had no photos. Grey day but high cloud meant some views. The snowfall from earlier in the week had left some drifts up to 18"deep which for October weather is uite unusual! Pleasant circular walk from New Radnor taking in the trigpoint at Black Mixen and the distinctive Whimble.

©Glaslyn
©Glaslyn
©Glaslyn

15th Oct 2008  12:00  by stignest

FB Number: S8074  Condition: Good  Score: 6/10

Bache hill. anticlockwise circuit of 3 hewitts. quiet and enjoyable. heathery though. deer in forest.

9th Aug 2008  11:35  by Trigger

FB Number: S8074  Condition: Good  Score: 5/10

19th Jul 2008  13:30  by daveyboy

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A very nice out of the way trig point giving fine views across Shropshire, Herefordshire and South Wales. Also on the day we visited you could see as far as the Birdlip near Gloucester. This is one of four trigs on this fine range of hills.

The trig point ©daveyboy

7th Jun 2008  11:00  by Tony J

FB Number: S8074  Condition: Good  Score: 6/10

30th May 2008  10:50  by asbown

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First of 3 today,good views and a nice walk up.

29th Apr 2007  13:12  by [email protected]

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Part of an enjoyable hike on a clear sunny day to visit all three trig pillars on Radnor Forest.

Bache Hill trig pillar The haze reduced distant views to about 12 miles©[email protected]
Bache Hill trig pillar ©[email protected]

25th Feb 2007  11:30  by KevP

FB Number: S8074  Condition: Good  Score: 8/10

Really done as part of a walk to the Great Rhos Marilyn. I fancied the look of this little peak so my buddy waited as I did the minor detour to this delightful trig location. Lovely and sunny great views. Glad I did this as the mist crept in for the next two trigs.

4th Nov 2006  10:45  by theblack

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Doing a circular walk around the Firing range to visit all the 3 trigs. Trig in good order, good views.

Trig ©theblack

20th Jul 2006  00:00  by caroleengel

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17th Jun 2006  12:30  by desperate dan

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Cycled up through forest and yomped the last bit. Pretty hot but very hazy so Brecon Beacons not even visible. Found a cache of water and plastic cups on top - is this normal service on Welsh peaks?

5th Mar 2006  12:00  by peregrinus

FB Number: S8074  Condition: Good  Score: 7/10

vgc, metal cap, deep letters, trig on tumulus, heather summit, fine view

1st Jan 2006  11:00  by rhayader_wanderer

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First of what will be quite a few Welsh 2000ft revisits as I try for a full round in a calander year. Sadly weather deteriorated and no view today. Trig condition unchanged

18th Mar 2005  11:30  by Lathama

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A glorious day and in the area so a very rushed visit! All intact with original plug - deeply indented letters. Deep recesses under the lugs. All sightholes open. Some white paint on NE face. Concrete base exposed by about 6". Really good views - is the mound artificial?

6th Mar 2005  12:00  by Glaslyn

Gridref: SO 21300 63600   FB Number: S8074  Condition: Good  Score: 5/10

On a raised mound with wonderful views of the Herefordshire countryside.3rd of the Radnor Hills,always known it as Bache hill.You learn something everyday!

23rd Jan 2005  13:50  by rhayader_wanderer

Gridref: SO 21391 63652   FB Number: S8074  Condition: Good  Score: 7/10

The snow has to be worth an extra point last stop on the tranditional circuit as I played safe and went for a walk I would be sure to get the car to the start of safely in the snow

14th Jul 2004  00:00  by Sprog

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27th Jun 2004  10:40  by Father Ted

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The first of three trigs on this horseshoe walk of the Radnor Forrest mountains. This trig has the best views of the three visited today even though it’s the lowest. Parked in New Radnor, walked up the road, through the forest and then over sheep grazing fields to the trig. A concrete trig all intact.

Trig Point

10th May 2004  00:12  by rhayader_wanderer

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the last of the three radnor hills best view of them across to England

6th Sep 2003  12:35  by vegibagger

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with Jamie, AD, rich and Denise McLelland and others

14th Mar 2003  11:32  by fasgadh

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Bache Hill is in all the lists except one as a 2000' hill. It only exceeds 2000' courtesy of a high tumulus(ie artificial). The pillar is on top of this mound. All three high summits of the central Radnor Forest carry trigs.

The tumulus on Bache Hill. Not the natural summit, thats a vague piece of heather nearby.

7th Jul 2002  13:00  by Frank Begbie

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On a rather strange mound - though its nice and soft to sit and eat your sarnies on - good views too.

8th Jun 2002  12:30  by Crwydryn

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Concrete pillar, fittins intact

24th Mar 2002  16:23  by Chalky

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9th Feb 2002  06:48  by rob godrer coed

FB Number: S8074  Condition: Good  Score: 6/10

25th Mar 2000  11:18  by senrabyar

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15th Feb 2000  10:45  by Marshsand

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Visited on the "Nuttall" Radnor Forest walk (11.4).

27th May 1997  00:00  by gowrie

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1st Mar 1997  13:12  by Andy West

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15th Feb 1997  12:00  by iainmac

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S8074

30th Apr 1995  00:00  by mickandshane

FB Number: S8074  Condition: Good  Score: 6/10

Radnor forest is perhaps the only place in Englnd & Wales where you can walk to three trigs above 2000' in height in a comfortable 1/2 day's walk.It's not the most dramatic of scenery but has it's own special charm and thankfully is not swarming with other walkers.Bache (or Badlands) Hill is the first trig you come to after leaving New Radnor & is accessed via a permissive footpath. It just qualifies as a mountain at 2001'.Plug with heavily indented lettering.

11th Jun 1994  12:00  by lonesome_cowboy_burt

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Nuttall walk

24th Mar 1985  11:00  by arranc

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on forestry road through recently felled trees to open moor. gloomy views to Black Mixen my next objective