LOCATION: The Wysis Way runs Forest of Dean, Severn Vale and Cotswolds across Monmouthshire  & Gloucestershire.

DISTANCE: 55 miles / 88 km

SUMMARY: The trail connects two great National Trails, Offa's Dyke Path and the Thames Path, acting as a 'bridge' to facilitate 400 miles of continuous walking from the North Wales coast to Greenwich.

The Wysis Way starts at Monmouth, where Offa's Dyke crosses the River Wye and heads east across a tract of the Forest of Dean and the Leadon Vale to Gloucester, which fully validates the old line 'blessed is the eye between the Severn and the Wye'.

Features of the walk include the Kymin with views over Monmouth, Staunton, the northern edge of the Forest of Dean and expansive views from May Hill. After crossing the River Severn at Gloucester the route heads south east through the Cotswolds to finish at Kemble where it joins the Thames Path.

PUBS: The Punch House, Monmouth; Hearts of Oak, Drybrook serves the best Butty Bach in the Forest; The White Horse, Mitcheldean is ok; The White Hart at Maisemore is food focused; many pubs in Gloucester, but try The Drunken Duck. Then into the Cotswolds. In Painswick, The Oak is great and has featured on this site. In Bisley, there's a choice of the Bear Inn and the New Stirrup Cup. At Oakridge Lynch, the Butchers Arms is the pick of the pubs here; although The Bell at Sapperton runs it close; and it would make sense to visit the source of the Thames, close to the Thames Head Inn outside Kemble.