I've been following the route of the Wye Valley Walk
over the past year or so. My last stopping off point
was at Bredwardine. With a dry day
at last forecast yesterday I took a trip over
to Herefordshire to continue on the walk.
I thought it would be fun to arrive in Hay
whilst the Literary Festival
http://www.hayfestival.com/was in progress.
The rain of previous weeks made the going
rather muddy....a challenge to the knees
when descending Merbach Hill after gaining
the following views from its top...
Another shot of Hay Bluff...
After slipping my way down off the hill and through
lots more lovely countryside I finally reached Hay..
with the first signs of the Festival in evidence!
The Castle grounds were particularly festive, I thought,
although perhaps walking past all those Bbq stalls was
illadvised self torture.....I had no money with me!
Having no money meant I could not linger with
a view to catching the bus back to Bredwardine,
so after the briefest of visits to Hay and its festival
I set off along quiet coutry lanes on way way back.
The yellow flowers in the roadside verges
caught my attention....
Each seemed to have a little green beetle
guarding it!!
Any way after a walking tour of 7 hours
with aching, out of practice, legs
I finally came in view of Bredwardine church
where the Rev. Francis Kilvert (Victorian diarist)
http://www3.shropshire-cc.gov.uk/kilvert.htmspent the last years of his short life...and where I
I had left my car.
