Offas Dyke Day 1 Chepstow to Lower Redbrook

Day1ChepstowTo Redbrook On Wye

As is the way with walking, the day did not look that good to start with. Rained all night.

Margaret, Eve and Julian at start
Jo and Ian slept in

However when we set off in the car to get to the Sedbury Cliffs, the start of Offa Dyke things improved to the point where we actually had sunshine.

River Severn and Bridge

The walk involved a walk to the cliffs, then back out along the same path, so a bit of doubling back required.
The Sedbury cliffs overlook the River Severn, and the views down to the Severn Bridge, a might suspension bridge, are pretty good.
It's then through suburbia for a while until we rejoins the River Wye a tributary of the Severn.
The walk is along high cliffs and overlooks Chepstow and the castle, in parts very close to a very steep drop into the river.
We follow the fiver for quite some way briefly heading away from it, then returning to the riverbank to a place called Bigsweir, which has a pretty neat bridge.

Chepstow Castle from across the Wye

It was near here that a mob of cows took a dislike to our presence, probably because they had small calves and decide to head butt Margaret, who I must say took it all very calmly.
So it was a traverse slowly past them until rescued by a gate.
It's then a climb up into the woods and a transit through the woods until we see Lower Redbrook, many metres below.
A slippery descent into the village, was then followed by a frustrating 30 minutes trying to find the Bell Inn, until we discovered we had walked past the back door just after we had completed our drop down.
Sue has beaten us there, thankfully so our bags are all in our rooms ready for our arrival. The Bell Inn is a very pleasant pub with a very attentive barman cum waiter.
Jo and Ian are staying about 200 metres up the town and join us for dinner-there is now here else.