Sometimes people miss out on Montgomeryshire, and head straight for the walking hotspots of Snowdonia, but there is some fantastic scenery here, like the Llyn Clywedog reservoir near Staylittle.

This circular walk will take you from the old lead mining village of Dylife to a viewpoint that is said to be one of the best in Wales, so it has to worth a look. It is based on parts of Glyndwr's Way and takes you through lush rolling farm land, with fantastic mountain scenery wherever you look.

And who better to guide Derek on this walk than the man who helped to set the route up, Head Countryside Warden for Powys County Council, Rab Jones who was brought up on a farm just five minutes from the trail he helped to lay out and re-launch it back in 2003.

Dylife is a very small village these days, with only a few farmsteads in the area, but in the 17th and 18th Centuries there was quite a community here all based around the old lead mines...

Rab says... It is important that you stick to the paths because there are quite a lot of old lead mine workings both on this side of the hill, the Dylife side and on the other.

On this part of the walk you can see an extraordinary number of wind turbines, in fact there are five different wind farms along the line of Glyndwr's Way.

What is really great about this path is that just 10 minutes walk from the car park at the beginning of the trail, you can find yourself at the centre of fantastic panoramic views; it is like having the landscape all to yourself.

So inexperienced walkers who may not be that fit, can get all the trills of a big hill walk with very little effort!

The path is flat, but stray off it and you could be in trouble, as Rab mentioned earlier there are quite a few mine workings along the route. Most of the old mine shafts are now fenced off, but there are a few that are not so it is really important to stay close to the path.

Derek says... With its abandoned mines and homesteads there's something of a frontier ghost town to this part of the world. The little gorge we're visiting next has a touch of the Wild West about it too.

Before heading off into the gorge Rab tells Derek the story of the murderous local blacksmith who killed his wife and children only to be hung in a gibbet of his own making once tried and convicted of the crime.

More than a local legend a gibbet (with a skull still crammed inside the metal cage) was discovered here by a local historian and is now kept at St Fagans Museum.

The bodies of the victims had been discovered by miners sent into an old abandoned tunnel on maintenance work and the gorge that you next pass through is riddled with reminders of the area's lead mining past.

For example, over-looking Castle Rock, at the bottom of the gorge you should be able to see and an adit, a horizontal tunnel that led into a mine working and this is just one relic from the mine works that were operating up and down the valley.

Running alongside this part Glyndwr's Way is the largest natural body of water in Montgomeryshire, Glaslyn. It is a dedicated site of Special Scientific Interest and a nature reserve maintained by the Montgomeryshire Wildlife Trust.

The lake is special because it has very high acidic levels, which means not a lot grows in it, one species that does is Quillwort. The landscape around the lake is also an ideal habitat for skylarks and red grouse, as well as a number of plant species.

Before making the return journey Derek and Rab stopped off at the Wynford Vaughan Thomas memorial, the late, great broadcaster was an avid walker, and once described the views from this area as the best in Wales.

On a very clear day you are supposed to be able to see Snowdon from this memorial, but even Rab, in all his years of coming here has never seen it, that said it does offer a fantastic view of the countryside.

This leisurely walk will take you through a range of different landscapes, from Wales' Wild West, to glorious rolling hills, and if you're lucky you may be able to beat the weather and get to see the breathtaking panoramic views. If you're a really keen walker and wanted to walk the whole of Glyndwr's Way it would take about eight to ten days and cover 128 miles in total.