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Dist:0.2km<br/>Looking westwards from Burfa across the fertile Walton Basin to Bache Hill and Whimble on the horizon. To the left of the Burfa Farm buildings at the bottom of the field is Burfa Bog, managed by the Radnorshire Wildlife Trust. http://www.radnorshirewildlifetrust.org.uk/burfa.htm
©Trevor Rickard
Dist:0.2km<br/>Two flights of steps bridge a breach in the dyke
©Andrew Longton
Dist:0.3km<br/>Quite a construction here as the path heads north-west. Looks like an old farm track crossed the dyke and the footpath has to dip to ground level and back up again on the other side. See [[200348]] for a summer view of the same spot.
©Trevor Rickard
Dist:0.3km<br/>From the lane at Burfa looking north-west. The Offa's Dyke LDP takes the style and goes along the top of the earthwork to the right. The ditch ahead is not a particularly attractive sight being a bit of a farm dumping ground.
©Trevor Rickard
Dist:0.3km<br/>View north from the edge of Burfa Wood. Offa's Dyke follows the line of trees tracking diagonally up the hill to Granner Wood and then tracks through the wood behind Evenjobb Hill at the top right of the picture.
©Trevor Rickard
Dist:0.4km<br/>Looking west in the general direction of New Radnor.
©Jeremy Bolwell
Dist:0.4km<br/>View north-east to the farmhouse at Burfa with its entrance (which is also Offa's Dyke Path) bearing right. The left fork is the no-through-road to Barland. So both these lanes go nowhere very far.
©Trevor Rickard
Dist:0.4km<br/>The bank of Offa's Dyke, sloping down to left of photo, holds many old trees. This hawthorn has obligingly split and bent back to allow passage to walkers on the Offa's Dyke Path.
©Tim Heaton
Dist:0.5km<br/>This short lane almost tunnels its way north-east through Middler Wood.
©Trevor Rickard
Dist:0.5km<br/>Looking north along Offa's Dyke Path, this farmhouse on the right is eye-catching with its stone and timber-frame construction.
©Trevor Rickard
Dist:0.5km<br/>Fine track passing what looks like a converted stable block. At this point the trail is skirting the base of the western edge of Burfa Bank - a hill totally covered in woodland hiding a large ancient fort.
©Chris Heaton
Dist:0.5km<br/>An old and impressive farmhouse, timber framed and with large Victorian barns and outbuildings. Slightly marred by the abandoned fridge left out on the road.
©Jeremy Bolwell
Dist:0.5km<br/>Westwards view from a rather less-well-maintained part of the LDP which follows the 'spoil heap' of the ditch here. In the distance beyond the Walton Basin is the distinctive dome of Whimble hill.
©Trevor Rickard
Dist:0.5km<br/>Interesting farm relic, which has obviously seen better days. The main wheels are bent out of shape, but most of the mecanism is in place. The seed would have been placed in the large hopper at the top. The dispensing mechanism runs off a chain drive from the main axle via the gearbox (red). The seed would be taken (at an adjustable rate) from the bottom of the hopper via powered circular extractors with small compartments, then trickles down the flexible metal coil tubes (rather like the tube on today's shower hand sets) and into the soil via cast iron tips. The big problem was soil blocking the hole at the bottom and a tube filling up with unsewn seed, so most had a 'running board' at the back where an operator would keep an eye on things and also to shut off seed flow for turning at the end of the strip. I would guess that this machine was last used in the 1960s and it may have been converted from horse-drawn to tractor (by knocking the shafts together) in the early 1950s.
©Trevor Rickard
Dist:0.6km<br/>Looking northwards along the Burfa lane. The LDP follows the forestry track for a short distance up the hill to the right where there is a parking place for exploring the woodland and Burfa Camp, an ancient hillfort in the woods.
©Trevor Rickard

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