A SUMMER Sunday bus service, designed to take people through the Wye Valley, is to return for the 2001 season at Easter despite the foot and mouth epidemic.

The Wye Valley Wanderer, which links Pershore, Worcester, Malvern and Hereford with the Wye Valley Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty between Ross, Monmouth and Chepstow starts service on Easter Sunday and will continue on Sundays and Bank Holiday Mondays until the end of September.

Despite the closure of footpaths in the area, other attractions such as Chepstow Castle, the Old Station and Abbey at Tintern and Chepstow Sunday market remain open for visitors.

The service also continues to the Dean Forest Railway Centre at Norchard and allows passengers a full afternoon to sample the restored branch line between there and Lydney.

"I look forward to welcoming back our regular passengers on this route and hope that others will take the opportunity to join us for the first time this year," he added.

A SUMMER Sunday bus service, designed to take people through the Wye Valley, is to return for the 2001 season at Easter despite the foot and mouth epidemic.

The Wye Valley Wanderer, which links Pershore, Worcester, Malvern and Hereford with the Wye Valley Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty between Ross, Monmouth and Chepstow starts service on Easter Sunday and will continue on Sundays and Bank Holiday Mondays until the end of September.

Despite the closure of footpaths in the area, other attractions such as Chepstow Castle, the Old Station and Abbey at Tintern and Chepstow Sunday market remain open for visitors.

The service also continues to the Dean Forest Railway Centre at Norchard and allows passengers a full afternoon to sample the restored branch line between there and Lydney.

"I look forward to welcoming back our regular passengers on this route and hope that others will take the opportunity to join us for the first time this year," he added.