IT may not make Herefordshire as famous as ‘Heartbreak Country’, but Yarpole is firmly on the map as ‘Rushpool’ in the latest book by Ben Aaronovitch.
As a librarian I have been enjoying the Peter Grant series, and as a runner with the Croft Ambrey Running Club I was highly entertained! (What are the chances of a book set in north Herefordshire, let alone this tiny corner which is so familiar!) His latest in the series is Foxglove Summer and is set over the hills where the ‘Crofties’ train. It's a strange reading experience to see such familiar places through a stranger’s eyes but once you know where he has placed the story it is very accurate.
Even the gates at Whiteway Head are correctly placed – I’ve run through them often enough!
While I have never been chased by unicorns from Whiteway Head or met the fae in Pokehouse Wood, it has made daily travel and training sessions much more interesting.
RACHEL NELSON Luston
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