After all the January bad weather it was fortunate we picked a sunny February day to make this section of the walk. We started off at 10.30am with a clear blue sky and set off for Hereford. The first part of the walk took us along the raised bank, known locally as The Stank, before descending to the river. This bank was built as a flood defence following the disastrous flood in 1960. After a short while we came back up to the road to enter Hereford and as we joined the river again we were presented with the splendid view of Victoria bridge and Hereford Cathedral.
After crossing the bridge we took a short break here beside the river before following it round to cross at old disused railway bridge. As we continued along the river bank with the Water Works museum on our right we saw in the field a small gauge railway track laid out. Further on on a sign said the path was closed due to a land slip. However, we continued anyway knowing there were accessible fields on our right. As you can see from the picture this was a case of "elth and safety" as it was clearly possible for sensible adults to navigate the obstruction.
We left the river at the Breinton Nature Reserve and set off up a track and over the hill and down to the river. Here we came across the wonderful sight of the snow drops growing along the bank. There were even a couple of daffodils out as well. We then climbed steadily up to the road through newly planted orchards. We then took the road to The Travellers Rest at Stretton Sugwas for a well earned Sunday lunch before returning home with some very sore feet.
