Tried using technology to navigate for us today instead of a traditional map. Turns out our map reading skills need fine tuning as THIS time we actually arrived at the places we supposed to. So instead of revisiting an old well known walk we ended up doing a new one! Chris and I really need to brush up on our map reading skills ….
Category: Wye Valley
Finally found the Suck Stone
After 11 years of walking around here we finally managed to find the Suck Stone and Near Hearkening Rocks! Turns out we’d always turned back too soon because you can’t miss the huge stones tumbled down the hillside. We lacked champagne to celebrate finally NOT getting lost in this part of the forest. We did find a welcoming pub in Staunton though, complete with a real fire and friendly Labradors.
Autumn in the Wye Valley
The weekly walks resume after a summer break.
Last time I walked these forest tracks with Chris it was the season of bluebells with a hint of the wild garlic to come. Today we sensed nature preparing for Autumn with the aroma of damp earth, leaves about to turn from green to gold and fungi dotted on rotting wood and along the path.