Wye Valley

Advantages: Something for eveyone, beautiful scenery, good walks.
Disadvantages: none.

...we often visited was the Wye Valley mostly centred on Chepstow and the short trip to Tintern Abbey. As I grew up and had my own daughter we went exploring around the Wye Valley learning some of its history and visiting the many castles along the way. It was not until 1971 that the Wye Valley was listed as an area of outstanding Natural Beauty (AONA) and became a protected area. The source of the river Wye starts at Plynlimon in the land of Owen Glyndwr ...
...the babbling of the river Wye as it passes through the deep ravines cut into the landscape. Here the visitor can sense the brooding atmosphere of the place and at night the mist swirls around the Abbey conjuring up ghostly images of the monks who once sang hymns to the glory of god. Following along the route to Monmouth the river twists and turns until it reaches the Forest of Dean, a shrouded canopy of trees stretching from Monmouth to Lydney. This ... Read review

Advantages: Beautiful.
Disadvantages: None. & I dont live there !

The Wye valley. Intro' Another Bank holiday, … and the poor bloke of the house is left once again with the decision of, "where are we going to go"? We always have to go somewhere, cos it's an extra day off and a traditional to do something, as too are the thoughts in the blokes mind of … a) Traffic jams, b) The car over heating c) The in car arguments d) Back / front seat drivers e) Parking when you reach the destination. f) I don't know ...
...in many years. The beautiful Wye valley near Chepstow. I was expecting the usual road chaos and jams to get anywhere today, but was shocked and delighted to find that my trip to Tintern was totally stress free apart from the £4.80 to get across the old Severn bridge! Once across the bridge I was aware that I'd entered a different country, the road signs & road markings were written in English and Welsh, had a bit of a chuckle when I saw the first ... Read review

Advantages: Fun, historically interesting, reasonably priced
Disadvantages: None

The Wye River is a border river between England and Wales on the southern end. This is a wonderful region to visit, having great history and interesting sites to visit. For those who enjoy hiking, there is The Wye Valley Walk, which runs the length of the river from Monmouth in the north to Chepstow in the south, through the Forest of Dean around Chepstow. Various parts are well marked, but various parts are not easily discovered. Several times ...
...markers indicating which was The Wye Valley Walk). However, south of Tintern Abbey back to Chepstow is very well marked, includes short hills and interesting views of the river and the countryside. This part is my favourite part, and can be done easily in an afternoon. For those who do not care for hiking but still enjoy scenery, the public transport bus service runs the road the length of the Wye River, which stops at the castles and the abbey. ... Read review

Advantages: Beautiful scenery, lots of exciting outdoorsy things to do!
Disadvantages: errm....well...err....dunno!

...a huge amount of the Wye Valley, but I went there for the weekend recently to do a bit of adventure training. Wot we did... We went to a place called Symonds Yat near Monmouth, where there is a place you can hire canoes, go caving and rock climbing and mountain biking. It's great fun! I did canoeing and climbing (I didn't fancy getting stuck in a cave and mountain biking involves, well mountains (obviouisly) and sounded like a lot of hard work!) ...
...wall of the gorge the Wye runs through, above where we went canoeing. There are lots of climbs ranging from easy ones for absolute beginners to some horrid-looking rock faces that look like the north face of the Eiger. Except harder to climb. I believe you can hire climbing guides and ropes and whatnot, we took our own because one of the lads is an instructor. In the evening we went into Monmouth to samle the nightlife. It's quite a small town ... Read review

Advantages: original victorian hotel, superb position and views
Disadvantages: creeky floorboards, rooms need updating

...for a laid back breaks in the Shires. Equally laid back are the staff, who greet with smiling faces and assured capability. The whole check-in process took about 5 minutes and with key in hand and dinner booked we set off up the grand staircase to our room. The reception and dining and bar areas have certainly been refurbished, but in a tasteful manner that has not left the Victorian era behind, and many of the old features still remain such as the room service bells on the landings. In the hallway along with the tourist information was a plaque with the history of the hotel and its guests of note over the years, and one can well imagine Dickens returning from a days writing and exploring the Wye valley. He may have even stayed in "Dawkins" (room 19) although facing the side of the Hotel it afforded a grand view along the Wye valley... Read review

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Advantages: A beautifully friendly City where there is plenty to do and see.
Disadvantages: None

...nursery rhyme?) All this is only five minutes walk from Gloucester's city centre with its majestic Cathedral. I feel that I was missing out on so much over the years and will, in the future, tell you more about my visit during which I saw so much more of Gloucester, a beautifully friendly, ancient and modern City. Gloucester is ideally situated on the M5 and therefore it is so easy to get down into the West Country, Devon and Cornwall for instance. It is also on the River Severn, just over the bridge is Wales. Just a few miles away is the Wye valley and the beautiful towns of Hay and Ross on Wye are accessible during an afternoon drive. We visited Symonds Yat (named after a local worthy, a Yat is local, old English, for a gateway or entrance) The Yat is an opening in the hills above the Wye Valley and there is a viewing point... Read review

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Advantages: idyllic, beautiful......plenty of woodland!!!
Disadvantages: quiet for those party people!!!

...The stunning forest of dean covers a vast area......as the name suggests it's plenty of ancient woodland with villages and towns dotted inbetween. In fact it covers over 100 square kilometers, and touches upon various counties such as herefordshie, gloucestershire and the borders of wales (the wye valley) Its about 25 mins west of Bristol. Yes so close, but it's like another world entirely.......now buckle up people because this is going to be a very lenghty review.....i'm in love with the place, and by the end of this review hopefully i'll have given you all enough reason and enticement to come dip a toe in my waters!!! ****ABOUT THE FOREST OF DEAN**** The forest of dean is one of the few remaining ancient woodlands remaining in the UK. It was designate as a national forest park in 1983, and is known as "the queens of forests all... Read review

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