Sunday in the Wye Valley
Sunday 19th December 2021
Went for a walk in the morning, then to the beautiful Ostrich Inn in Newland for lunch. More pottering about back at the cottage in the afternoon and a lasagne for dinner.
Wye Valley and Avebury
John's Pictures

08:58:53
Quite foggy this morning!

08:59:56
That very photogenic phonebox again.

09:00:24

09:00:51
The cottage in the fog.

09:06:20
I went for a little walk around the block.

09:07:45
More foggy views.

09:07:52
The road.

09:09:02
A roadside water tap.

09:09:59
Me on the road.

09:26:10
Back at the cottage I had a coffee on the bench in the garden.

09:26:51

09:52:03
The girls having a late breakfast.

10:06:38
Poster by the stairs.

10:51:43
Persuaded the girls to join me for another walk later on. There's a foggy view of Bigsweir Bridge.

10:52:08
Me and Chie blocking the view of Bigsweir Bridge.

10:52:08

10:55:21
Bigsweir Bridge again.

10:56:30
Erika helping out with the roadworks.

10:59:13
...and having a go on the digger.

10:59:16

11:01:16
The bridge again.

11:03:26
Video of a farmer feeding sheep from the back of a truck.

11:03:32
Erika on Bigsweir Bridge.

11:15:01
Walking back up the road.

11:16:57
Very foggy!

11:19:41
Headed into the woods for a bit, where there was some fungal interest.

11:19:45
These were particularly interesting, and released clouds of spores when prodded with a stick.

11:25:07

11:25:14

11:27:52
Sign post for Offa's Dyke path.

11:32:47
Erika having a hot chocolate break.

11:45:28
Chie and Erika in the woods.

11:49:40
Quite foggy still.

11:51:54
Nice moss covered rocks.

11:52:01
Collecting holly / ivy to make a wreath.

11:53:18

11:56:18
Some holly I found.

11:57:11
More moss covered rocks.

11:58:34
Moss, a tree, more rocks.

12:04:35

12:04:53
Quartz.

12:11:02
Heading along the track back to the cottage.

12:14:01
Chie and Erika t the front door of the cottage with the wreath they made in the woods.

12:49:29
For lunch we headed to the Ostrich Inn.

13:03:59
Beautiful inside.

13:04:04

13:04:47
Lovely bar in the corner.

13:18:00
The girls in the window seat.

13:22:29
The three of us and our lunches.

13:48:46
The bar again.

13:53:06
The candles were impressive.

14:07:19
The pub sign.

14:07:23

15:19:47
Later on, after going back to the cottage, I went for another little walk in the nearby area. Got to this weir.

15:20:21
...and this abandoned country house.

18:54:46
For dinner I made a lasagne, which we had with some Gevrey Chambertin.

20:02:53
Playing Ludo after dinner.

20:18:04
The fire.

20:46:56
The cottage by night.

20:47:23
One last photo of that lovely phone box.

20:49:39
The woods in the dark.

20:51:18
Me having a last night time glass of wine in the woods.

20:52:34

20:53:38

20:59:32
Back at the cottage. This is the Turf, near Starcross apparently.