Category: Herefordshire
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14. Day Eight of the Walk: Hereford to Monnington-on-Wye
The hardest day of walking, and the longest. Started off well with a kitty! But no breakfast…it was too complicated to try and get to an open place (which were precious few and far away). Thankfully, I had two Kind bars in my pack! I wasn’t sure what was going to happen about lunch, but…
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13. Day Seven of the Walk: Fownhope to Hereford
I rose quite early to pack up the rest of my stuff (more scattered than usual due to two days in the same place), and broke fast at 7:30 AM. I was really glad for this energizing meal, as I needed a faster pace to get to Hereford in time to see the Mappa Mundi…
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12. A Day Off in Fownhope
As often as possible, I tried to stay one extra day to rest up after a particularly long stretch of the Walk. In Fownhope, that gave me an opportunity to experience a little of village life. Not hard, really, it is a tiny place. But I just loved it so. Even before I got there,…
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11. Day Six of the Walk: Ross-on-Wye to Fownhope
Even though I considered the Wye Valley Walk to be South Wales, it is about evenly divided in the southern part of the walk between Wales and England. The river is or is close to the border between the two countries. From Hay-on-Wye northwards, it is entirely in Wales. Symonds Yat, Ross-on-Wye, and Fownhope are…