Friday, 30 July 2021

Wotton-Under-Edge - Tyndale Monument - North Nibley 29th July 2021


 

David and Jane's Tyndale Monument stroll started when we met up in Wotton-Under-Edge to walk (part of  ) the Cotswold Way. Sadly Jane could not join us.
After the steep climb up, we enjoyed stunning views across the town, Cotswolds and Severn flatlands.

and followed the Way through the beech woods until we broke out into the open at the 19th Century Monument

to the first translator of the Bible from the original Hebrew and Greek, martyred in 1536 in Flanders after betrayal to the Catholic Holy Roman Empire authorities by an English spy probably sent by the Bishop of London. Again the views as far as Cadbury Camp above Clevedon or  even Crook's Peak 
, to the Forest of Dean and even Hay Bluff, down across the Severn Estuary and the great Bridges and Nuclear Power Stations were spectacular.
Down we plunged through more lovely beech woods where Roger spotted this butterfly,


And so to lunch at the Black Horse
in North Nibley and back up over the hill to Wotton, where we dispersed.
David Bruce cycled off towards Yate and home but was interrupted in his gentle progress by a phone call telling him his wallet had been found up on high Cotswold. Two most kind women from Dursley had it safe in their home in Cam so twenty tiring miles later, he picked it up, thanked them profusely and caught a train back to Bristol from Cam and Dursley station


Friday, 9 July 2021

DAY OUT for Ludlites in Ludlow



After cancellation in 2020, 4th July 2021 saw 20 desperate lockdown escapee strollers or Ludlites,  risking all to take two trains to Ludlow for the annual Day Out. With threatening weather we persevered and arrived to sunlight and the castle.




'The weather was 'iffy'
Some, well one, even swam the river Teme


Our goal was to explore the secret Gardens and perhaps the finest garden open this day was no. 9 - in Michelin terms "worth the journey"

The 'iffy' weather but only really wet for a short time
Irresistible raspberries - were resisted.

Town Walls sheltered allotment gardens 



All got safely home with the help of Diana's goodie bags and the addition of a cup of wine at Newport station 

Thank you Ludlow Garden keepers and all who welcomed us