Sunday in Radnorshire
Radnorshire is a landscape of river, spa town, sheep country and long-distance ridge rather than metropolitan focus. (Real Counties Geographical Survey) The third and last of our holiday diaries. Sunday lunch in a pub. We rarely do it these days. Our B&B hosts in Bucknell thought the Harp at old Radnor might be worth a…
Stokesay
‘I praise god and ever shall / It is the sheep hath paid for all.’ (Wool merchant memorial) Stokesay is rightly acknowledged to be one of the finest surviving fortified manor houses in England, and we were keen to savour a return visit on this holiday. The castle was built between 1285 – 91 for…
Border Lines
A packed five days away on the Welsh Border where Shropshire, Radnorshire and Herefordshire intertwine. Our base a lovely B&B in a Georgian house in the village of Bucknell. https://www.thehallbucknell.com/ One of this location’s attractions to me was its location on the Heart of Wales rail line. https://www.heart-of-wales.co.uk/ This 120 mile much loved rural railway,…
Bremenium
Thought I’d celebrate being 75 last week by taking a walk at a place often driven past while heading over the border via Carter Bar. We started at ‘The Last Café in England’, something of a local institution, on the A68 in Rochester village. Coffees with a bacon butty, made deli style with focaccia bread,…
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