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Going will be good on moderate walk

8:00am Saturday 6th June 2009

THE Colonel was positively bristling with indignation. He was thinking about the familiar slopes and pastures of Hanway Common.

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Taking the circle line to the heart of the county

4:54pm Friday 1st May 2009

THE exact centre of Herefordshire is marked by a small stone monument and several yew trees.

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Be the king of the castle on top of Aconbury Hill. A walk by Garth Lawson

10:06am Friday 3rd April 2009

WHEN Hereford was under siege during the Civil War, there weren’t many trees on Aconbury Hill. The old Roman fort on the top was in a commanding position.

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A ramble through the Golden Valley

3:10pm Wednesday 1st April 2009

THE early part of this month’s walk along the Dulas Brook is a likely place to find the Grey Wagtail. Slimmer than other members of the family, with a long tail and confusing yellow plumage, it is less extrovert than the other local drinker: the Dipper swims, wades and walks on water.

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Garth Lawson Follows in the footsteps of a leading light in Ledbury and Eastnor

1:09pm Thursday 5th February 2009

It came to him in a flash. Now in his 60s, Alfred Watkins was sitting in his car studying a map and gazing across the countryside towards the ridge of Croft Ambrey. What he perceived was “like a chain of fairy lights”, a series of lines linking ancient features such as mounds, moats, hill forts, standing stones, wayside crosses and churches.

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Hereford and Gloucester Canal, poets and cider with Garth Lawson

3:08pm Thursday 8th January 2009

THE family of poet John Philips had their estate at Withington Court, close to the village church.

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On folklore trail

5:10pm Friday 14th November 2008

WHEN leaving Bell Square in Weobley at the start of this month’s easy-going walk, be sure to look up at the second tallest church spire in the county.

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Grandstand finish

4:52pm Thursday 7th August 2008

GARTH LAWSON takes a panoramic tour above Bromyard.

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Following in footsteps of Kilvert and Glyndwr

3:58pm Friday 4th July 2008

GARTH LAWSON takes a step into the past and suggests a walk around Monnington-on-Wye

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The intriguing Marches

11:46am Thursday 5th June 2008

THIS foray into The Marches, border country between England and Wales, will be a little less frenetic than some 15th century incursions. Gently climbing Green Lane from the church with separate bell tower, our first goal is ‘the pool formed for catching fish’ in the meaning of Yarpole’s medieval name.