Monmouth...

[YOKEL 2,288]

Going to be in Monmouth for a week at the end of the month. Going to take a look at puzzle wood and forest of Dean, piss about by the Wye. Anything else worth looking at? And who serves the best pint of rev???

Yokel.

[forest of dean redneck 11,699]

Dog n muffler pub outside coleford do steak meal an pudding offer really nice food . Monmouth Aslans chip shop and MJ diner for crepes ,salad ,bacon rolls etc pasty heaven for well pasties lol but they do good baguettes as well.

There's tintern abbey, symonds yat (coleford side) for peregrines nags ,head nature reserve trail at parkend.

There's gun and tackle shop in lydney gun shop in Ross on wye.

I've not drank in pubs in Monmouth but try the Robin Hood bottom of town centre or punch house up top of the main high street.

[Greyman 28,852]

A week is barely any time to see it all, if you have a car worth driving up the Wye valley and stopping off at Ross and haye on Wye the man of Ross is a good pub for grub also little Dean goal is a really interesting day out if it rains, you have the steam trains at lydney,Simmons yat, clearwell caves,cannop ponds and tintern abbey that should keep you going for a week, I,ve been going over for more than forty years but still keep finding little gems, I,m hoping to move over there in the next five years as I like it so much

[forest of dean redneck 11,699]

Good shout greyman ,I've lived here since 2004 so forget about places clearwell caves are good,and cannop,hay on wyes good for books but bit of a trek from the Wye valley,I'd personally avoid Hereford unless you got to,as its always gridlocked either with accidents or roadworks.

Catbrook above tintern is nice woodland walk with picnic area with bbqs

[Greyman 28,852]

Good shout greyman ,I've lived here since 2004 so forget about places clearwell caves are good,and cannop,hay on wyes good for books but bit of a trek from the Wye valley,I'd personally avoid Hereford unless you got to,as its always gridlocked either with accidents or roadworks.

Catbrook above tintern is nice woodland walk with picnic area with bbqs

I stumbled on the little Dean goal last year had a wet day to kill so popped over must say it's an incredible place if you have not been, some real history plus a shed load of other things, it was the courthouse and local prison but has become the home to some really fascinating stuff it don't look that big from outside but the amount of interesting stuff jammed inside would take a week to take in, but a word of caution if you have kids there are plenty of titties on show and some quite graphic videos playing in some of the rooms, he even has a collection of Victorian sex toys, I used to go fishing at cannop when I was around 10 before there was even a road up there we used to drive up to the train yard near yorkley then drive along the disused train line to get there, and an old boy with a scooter and sidecar used to come and take our money his ticket machine filled up the whole sidecar

[YOKEL 2,288]

Cheers fellas. I my job used to take me on an over nighter once a month down that way, thought the scenery was fantastic so thought I'd have a week of it. Caves sound good, there's a stone circle somewhere as well I believe?

Yokel

[forest of dean redneck 11,699]

I used to like the place out newent way that had all the antiques in, shame it shut an everything got auctioned off,

Think it was called shambles Victorian village?

There a fella used to collect firewood and buy coal from the mine out cannop On a scruffy motorbike an sidecar,damned if he's still not riding around on it other month that's like a good 10 years lol

[Greyman 28,852]

Cheers fellas. I my job used to take me on an over nighter once a month down that way, thought the scenery was fantastic so thought I'd have a week of it. Caves sound good, there's a stone circle somewhere as well I believe?

Yokel

yes Stonehenge but that's in Wiltshire sorry could,nt help myself

[Daniel cain 46,009]

Pop to the butchers in the town down by the visitor center-the best homemade faggots wrapped in smoky bacon.go and hire a canoe and have a paddle down through the biblins on the wye.atb dc

[forest of dean redneck 11,699]

 

Cheers fellas. I my job used to take me on an over nighter once a month down that way, thought the scenery was fantastic so thought I'd have a week of it. Caves sound good, there's a stone circle somewhere as well I believe?

Yokel

yes Stonehenge but that's in Wiltshire sorry could,nt help myself

Trellech?

Daniel cain try the faggots and homecured bacon from winmans in coleford

[YOKEL 2,288]

greyhill, just googled it...

yokel

[forest of dean redneck 11,699]

Where you staying to ? yokel

[YOKEL 2,288]

Staying in Monmouth, but will have the motor. That circle is about a half hr drive methinks...yokel

[forest of dean redneck 11,699]

Staying in Monmouth, but will have the motor. That circle is about a half hr drive methinks...yokel

Just googled it as didn't know it existed yeah maybe bit more depending on traffic, pretty route would be over Wye bridge turn right at roundabout by lidls,then down Redbook rd,along the Wye river through brockweir,tintern then chepstow onto caldicot way etc,its a windey road,but boring if stuck behind someone doing 30mph or cyclists,

Quickest would be turn right up by Monmouth petrol station,go out of town,past the tip/recycling center then turn left at old toll house,go through trellech (there is couple old stones on left in trellech) then through to devauden there is some nice views on the right looking across to the brecons this way ,then drop-down into chepstow by the racecourse and turn right to go up to the big roundabout then turn right on to caldicot and on to wentwood.

Myself I would go there via the last route an come back to Monmouth via tintern as you get to see lot of scenery. Nice little book shop in tintern as well.

[forest of dean redneck 11,699]

Up by icelands there the free museum,and behindand below it are the ruined oldslaughterhouses

https://www.tripadvisor.co.uk/LocationPhotoDirectLink-g552009-i19235061-Monmouth_Monmouthshire_South_Wales_Wales.html

If you like curry the misbah opposite is a good Indian restaurant.had lot of famous people in there.