Exactly 239 years after John Wesley travelled through Montgomeryshire on a 16-day preaching tour in Wales, the Welshpool and Bro Hafren Methodist Circuit held the fifth annual Wesley Way Walk from Welshpool to Llanidloes, via Newtown.

John Wesley was an Anglican minister and Christian theologian who was an early leader in the Methodist movement.

Mr Andrew Mathieson, one of the organisers of the event, said: "This was the fifth year we have held the walk, but we had to limit the number of people involved in the walk to about 20 as we were testing out a new route.

"Hopefully the feedback, photos and experience we have gained from the walk this year will allow us to complete a nice brochure ahead of next year, and therefore allow us to make the walk a big event in future years."

John Wesley, played by actor Mark Topping, started the walk at the Royal Oak Hotel in Welshpool before he was told to leave by the town's bailiff (played by Welshpool town clerk Robert Robinson) in a repeat of history.

From here John Wesley travelled to Llanidloes via Newtown on horseback.

"This year a young Shire Mare called Gipsy took Wesley from Welshpool to Llanidloes, it was an amazing sight because only a year ago this remarkable horse was all skin and bones and would almost certainly have died if it had not been rescued by Gill and Paul Gorton of the Bradnant Equestrian Centre in Llanidloes," added Mr Mathieson.