too far for
shanks’ pony?
You can’t come to the Wye Valley & Vale of Usk and not
go walking. It’s integral to enjoying the beauty of the place.
But, there will be occasions when you’ll need some other
Newport university
form of transport to explore the area. Try these for size:
powered by chip fat
beacons bus & offa’s Dyke Flyer
Tractors, maintenance vehicles and machinery are powered
A network of buses around the Brecon Beacons
MAKING A
by homemade biodiesel on the campuses
National Park during the summer. It links to the
of the University of Wales, Newport. It was the first DIFFERENCE
railway stations at Newport and Abergavenny,
UK university to set up an on-site plant for turning waste
By his own admission,
some services carry bikes and Bus Pass
cooking oil into eco-friendly fuel. The high quality student
Alan Morgan is an ‘eco-warrior’
holders go free!
breconbeacons.org
accommodation is available to visitors from
first but his livelihood for the past
July to September.
newport.ac.uk
Ride & hike
25 years has been farming. His
A pick-up and drop-off service for walkers and
achievements at Gadr Farm, near Raglan
cyclists, using a six-seater vehicle and six-bike trailer.
(map ref C5), have resulted in several
Get collected from your accommodation and taken
environmental awards. He has restored
to your starting point, or arrange to be met at the
hedgerows to encourage dormice, built ponds
end of your route and brought home.
complete with ‘newt hotels’ and protected
rideandhike.com
veteran trees in his ancient woodland.
School groups visit his farm regularly for
Train
pond-dipping and his farm is featured in the
There are frequent train services between annual Abergavenny Food Festival walks.
Newport & Abergavenny, and Newport & In this International Year of
Chepstow with stops at Severn Tunnel Junction
the
la
st tra
in
lef
t
Biodiversity, get a glimpse of how
and Caldicot. Heritage walks around Sudbrook
51
ye
ars
ago
one man’s efforts are greening
and Portskewett are easily accessible from
the landscape during Open Farm
Severn Tunnel Junction.
severnsideforum.co.uk
Formerly a busy Victorian country railway station,
Sunday on 13 June.
nationalrail.co.uk
The Old Station
in Ti
ntern
is no
w a l
aid-b
ack,
muc
h-lov
ed
farmsunday.org
boat
attra
ction
with
a pa
cked
prog
ramm
e of
fami
ly ev
ents.
On a
par w
ith th
e cou
ntry’
s fine
st pa
rks, t
his 1
0-ac
re sit
e
Hire a boat for the day to explore the
alongside the
River Wy
e won the cov
eted
Green Flag
awa
rd
Monmouthshire & Brecon canal or paddle your
last y
ear. A
nd 2
010
prom
ises t
o be
just
as ex
citing
.
way along the River Wye.
waterscape.com
Newly restored railway carriages will be home to a gift shop,
monmouthcanoe.com backwatershire.co.uk
touri
st inf
orma
tion
poin
t and
Wye
Valle
y exh
ibitio
n. Th
e tea
bike
room
, in th
e ori
ginal
stati
on b
uildin
g, se
rves
hear
ty fir
ema
n’s
shov
el gri
lled b
reakf
asts.
And
its sp
ecial
ities
like b
read
pud
ding
Bikes can be hired from Fourteen Locks
ed it
a pla
ce in
the
and l
aven
der s
pong
e cak
e hav
e gai
n
Canal Centre near Newport (map ref A7)
AA guide P
erfec
t Places f
or Afternoon T
ea. Y
ou’ll
also
find
fourteenlocks.co.uk and Pedalaway in Monmouth
a rive
rside
walk
, picn
ic tab
les, c
hildre
n’s p
lay a
rea, e
xhibi
tions
(map ref D4) and near Abergavenny (map ref B4)
Circle of Legends
– six
in the former signal box and the
pedalaway.co.uk
ting
myst
ical a
nd h
istor
ical
woo
den,
life-s
ize sc
ulptu
res d
epic
ctob
er.
chara
cters
from
the
area’
s pas
t. Op
en A
pril t
o O
ntint
ern
(map ref D5)
mon
mou
thsh
ire.go
v.uk/
oldst
atio
thecircleoflegends.co.uk
[competition]
Local author, ben Giles, has written two new walking
guides in the award-winning Pocket Mountain series,
Wye Valley and Brecon Beacons. Each contains
F
A
IR TRA
D
E
F
IR
ST
40 routes – all the classics and some
lesser-known gems. They are available
Wa
les b
eca
me
the
worl
d’s
firs
t
from bookshops for £6.99 but we’ve got six
Fair
Tra
de na
tion
ba
ck in June
copies of each to give away, thanks to
2008,
follo
wing a c
amp
aign to
pocketmountains.com
incre
ase t
he
avai
labi
lity
of
Fair
To enter simply answer
Tra
de pro
ducts
acro
ss Wa
les
and to
this question:
enco
urag
e sc
hoo
ls, bu
sine
sses
and
In which month does our
othe
r or
gani
sati
ons to
swit
ch
Walking Festival take place?
to
Fair
Tr
ade pro
ducts.
Put the answer in the subject line of an
f
a
ir
trad
ewales.co
m
email to
walking@visitwyevalley.com
Closing date 30 September 2010.
For terms and conditions please see
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