Today we left Gloucester and headed towards Bishops Frome through Ross
on Wye and Hereford,
stopping at both places for a look around.
Since leaving London we have traveled through or to the counties of
Essex, Cambridgeshire, Suffolk, Norfolk,
Lincolnshire,
Leicestershire, Nottinghamshire, Derbyshire, Staffordshire, Warwickshire,
Worcestershire, Gloucestershire, Oxfordshire and Herefordshire where we are
now.
At Ross on Wye we found a
nice spot by the river with free parking and had a coffee before driving into
the centre of town to browse. As Ross on Wye was a fairly small town it wasn’t
long before we were heading off to Hereford.
In the city centre, Hereford has a beautiful
Cathedral which in its current form dates from 1079. The interior Norman columns
holding the whole thing up looked very much like the columns in Gloucester
Cathedral. As Lyn says, “you’ve seen one; you’ve seen them all…”. The
Cathedral’s most famous treasure is a mediaeval map of the world dating back to
the 13th century.
Having had a good look around
Hereford, we headed off to the Chase Inn
in Bishops Frome which is in the middle of nowhere in the Herefordshire
countryside. The town is on the river Frome and its name is derived from the
Bishops Frome Limestone of which large outcrops occur in the area. Cider is
also produced locally from the Henney’s cider company.
Hereford Cathedral
Lyn by the River Wye
The Chase Inn, Bishops Frome
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