We travelled to the Old Station car park just up river from Tintern Abbey, arriving just before 11:00. Here we met most of the BAGS for the BAGS Packed Friday walk. John and Peg had organised the weekend and John was our leader for this walk.
We started in Wales but soon crossed over the River Wye and into England. The route took us over a small part of the massive Offa's Dyke the 8th century bank and ditch that had banks up to 20 feet high and 60 feet wide. By the end we had descended to the Wye and walked south along its banks to It was a very pleasant walk although I must confess that I was often distracted by conversations as I had more than six weeks of news to catch up on!
Whilst the others booked into their B&Bs, we returned to the campsite and prepared for an early meeting for dinner. John and Peg had booked for dinner at the Man of Ross pub in Wye Street but they had phoned a few weeks ago to ask us to have the meal much earlier at 18:30. This was due to a certain football match being played that night – they knew that they were going to be very busy and wanted to get our meal out of the way before the match started. The meal was good and the company, now increased to the full complement of 16, was excellent.
That was more than could be said about the football. We had our own room in the pub complete with a television and were therefore able to watch the whole match – and wished that we hadn't!
Photos: One of a number of wooden sculptures in the Old Station car park; The old Tintern Station and café; The BAGS Packed with Bags Stacked.
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