Today we left Winford in Bristol and headed to Chepstow in Monmouthshire (Wales).
Louis and Clare were walking with us today and Mark was kindly taking our bags over the bridge to Wales.
Winford is a village and civil parish within the Chew Valley and was listed in the Domesday Book of 1086 as Wenfre, meaning ‘The carriage journey’ from the Old English “woenfaru”
Not a whole lot to see as we walked along the A38 into Bristol (a lot of googlemaps street view to make sure there was a path!) other than the Barrow Gurney Reservoir.
As we walked through Bristol City centre there were a lot of interesting churches and buildings on view as well as the River Avon (tide was out so more mud that water). Notable in the last picture is St Mary Redcliffe which was famously described by Queen Elizabeth I as “the fairest, goodliest, and most famous parish church in England”
We then walked through Filton in South Gloucestershire. We spotted the Airbus and Rolls Royce factories as well as a large Post Office hub. And of course Concorde was built there in the 1960/70’s
Finally we left the urban areas and got back into countryside – walking past a few nice churches and immaculate houses before an ice cream stop and the crossing of the Severn Bridge into Chepstow.
It was a good day weather wise, cool for most of the morning with the sun putting in an appearance later in the afternoon.
Thanks to Louis and Clare for their support and walking with us, we enjoyed your company. And thanks to Mark for making sure our bags got safely to Chepstow. Tomorrow we walk to Much Birch in Herefordshire.
