Why can't the weather forecasters get it right? It was supposed to be a sunny, but windy day. They forgot to mention the rain. Still, it was light and intermittent and did not spoil our lunch or the day.This section is almost all on the flat with much of it spent close to the river. Leaving Ross behind presents a good view of the town and church. The canoeists were out in force as were the swans. After a while we came across the disused railway line with its stone pillars still standing in the waters of the Wye.
The foot bridge at Foy looks like it's been there for quite a while providing a means to get to the church on the opposite bank (Foy Bridge of 1876 was washed away by floods and replaced in 1921 apparently). As we approached Hole in the Wall and the PGL leisure centre (named after its founder Peter Gordon Lawrence) we came across a shrub in the hedgerow covered in bright coral pink seed heads. This turned out to be a Spindleberry bush.
An amazing sight was that of an old tree which from a view point on the opposite bank looked just like an angel with a prayer book. Later on we stopped for lunch on the bend in the river near Court Gardens and lo and behold the sun came out.
Once again we saw a pair of buzzards circling this time over Capel Woods.
The approach to Brockhampton took us up to about 100 metres on a slow climb to the view point. From here we could look back along the river and the surrounding countryside. Before returning home we took a short walk to the village to see the church and its collection of wonderful embroidery and goldwork.(This church has now been replicated in a Japanese tower block in Osaka for weddings!) See.
http://www.brockhampton.com/church.htm for details.
Why can't the weather forecasters get it right? It was supposed to be a sunny, but windy day. They forgot to mention the rain. Still, it was light and intermittent and did not spoil our lunch or the day.This section is almost all on the flat with much of it spent close to the river. Leaving Ross behind presents a good view of the town and church. The canoeists were out in force as were the swans. After a while we came across the disused railway line with its stone pillars still standing in the waters of the Wye.
The foot bridge at Foy looks like it's been there for quite a while providing a means to get to the church on the opposite bank (Foy Bridge of 1876 was washed away by floods and replaced in 1921 apparently). As we approached Hole in the Wall and the PGL leisure centre (named after its founder Peter Gordon Lawrence) we came across a shrub in the hedgerow covered in bright coral pink seed heads. This turned out to be a Spindleberry bush. 
An amazing sight was that of an old tree which from a view point on the opposite bank looked just like an angel with a prayer book. Later on we stopped for lunch on the bend in the river near Court Gardens and lo and behold the sun came out. Once again we saw a pair of buzzards circling this time over Capel Woods.
The approach to Brockhampton took us up to about 100 metres on a slow climb to the view point. From here we could look back along the river and the surrounding countryside. Before returning home we took a short walk to the village to see the church and its collection of wonderful embroidery and goldwork.(This church has now been replicated in a Japanese tower block in Osaka for weddings!) See.http://www.brockhampton.com/church.htm for details.
