As part of the third Radar Weekend at The Manor on the Monnow we stayed an extra day so we could get an good hike in on the Sunday.
With Deb, John and Taff the dog we donned our waterproofs and headed off from the Manor to the border with England. This is the route we took, the black dashed line to the right is the Wales/England border.
The weather looked a little iffy with some pretty dark clouds and since it had been thundery weather for most of the weekend we didnt expect to finish this hike dry. But we were lucky and the only time it rained was when we were on our way back in the woods by the dismantled railway.
So we left Tiggy to look after the Manor and headed off into Monmouth.
Heading through Monmouth and over the bridge of the River Wye we then headed along the river bank, passing under an old metal bridge and behind that a stone bridge.
Along the riverbank to the village of Lower Redbrook where there was another bridge on the route, but this one had Wales at one end and England at the other.
And even better, it also had
The Boat Inn at one end.
After the pub we headed back along the same side of the river we had travelled along but this time following the path of a dismantled railway parallel to the first path. Under cover of trees which came in handy as it was then that the rain started.
To show how bad the weather got in the area during the hike, here are the before and after photos from the bridge at Monmouth.
Before the rain:
The same view 3 hours later, a slight rise in water level and quite a change in water colour:
Another couple of pub stops in Monmouth at The Old Nags Head and the Punch House and it was time to head back to the Manor.