Comments by Nicholas
18:10 09 September 2009
The walk from the leaisure centre to the wye valley walk is presently closed . They are renovating the alcove , the viewing platform , the grotto and giants cave and also clearing dead trees along the walk to and past the mansion . It should have been complete by july but still a lot to do from what i saw last night when i walked over .
Park in the leisure centre then walk out to the main road , turn right and walk up the road , past the zebra crossing and head down the hill , half way down just past the cloisters road is an opening / archway through the wall , take that and follow the path through the trees straight on , you come to a gate after about 7 minutes follow the path further on with the racecourse on the left and the mansion will rise majesticaly out of the ground as you approach . Have a look and you might find you can get past the fence they errected a year ago . Dont forget the stables and barn and cottage and it's garden the apples are ripe now ! , allow at least 2 hours to see it all . The vegitaion is strong this summer , its about 4 feet tall around the cottage making access very difficult but with welligton boots you could make it closer . Good luck and please report back on your experience .. N .