Finding Rose Cottage Blakemere

• ViaMichelin - a favourite online travel guide for giving accurate directions - even calculates cost per mile

Festivals local to the Wye Valley

• Three Choirs Festival
• The Abergavenny Food Festival (September)
• The Ludlow Food Festival
• The Hay-on-Wye Food Festival
• Guardian Hay Festival with childrens' events too

Local beautiful places to visit

• Visit Hereford Churches
• National Trust gardens The Weir Gardens
• Kilpeck - famous for its stone carvings
• Abbey Dore - famous for its 12th century Cistercian Abbey
• Abbey Dore Court Garden
• Arthurs Stone, Dorstone - prehistoric site on Dorstone Hill overlooking the Golden Valley and across to the Black Mountains
• Mediaeval Pembridge
• Old Chapel Gallery, Pembridge
• The small breeds farm park

Local activities

• Clearwell Caves- fantastic caving opportunities for all levels / ages / abilities
• Monmouth Canoe & Activity Centre - Hiring of canoes/kayaks by the half day, day or longer. AALA licensed in canoeing, kayaking, rock climbing, abseiling, caving and raft building
• Pedalaway - Cycle hire - follow the varied tracks in the Forest of Dean, Wye Valley, Brecon Beacons, Black Mountains - cycle along quiet country lanes near sustrans long distance routes
• Royal Forest of Dean Angling Club - Steam Mills for large carp, bream, large roach and perch.
  Try lightmoor for big bags of carp, Meadowcliffe and Waterloo screens for peace and tranquil surroundings plus plenty of bites! Marions pool for a great day on tench, and Plump Hill pool for the youngsters
• Whitecliff Off Road Driving - 4x4 off road courses
• Wye Valley Canoe centre
• Drover Holidays - Walking tours and bike hire
• Black Mountains gliding club (01874711463)
• Tregoyd Mountain Riders - Riding
• Fishing: www.wyeuskfoundation.org

Farm Shops

• Oakchurch Farm Shop
• Pengethley Farm Shop
• Frasers of Turnastone
• Abbeydore Farm Shop
• Rowlstone Court Farm - nature trails through woodlands, play area and cafe serving delicious luxury ice cream made on the farm

Restaurants

very good restaurants:

• The Stagg Inn at Titley
• The Walnut Tree near Abergavenny
• The Bell at Skenfrith
• The Griffin at Felinfach
• The Hardwick near Abergavenny
• The Foxhunter near Abergavenny

less exclusive restaurants:

• The River Cafe Glasbury
• The Three Tuns, Hay-on-Wye
• Food for Thought, Peterchurch
• The Globe, Hay on Wye
• The Angel Hotel Abergavenny
• Shepherds cafe and Ice Cream parlour Hay on Wye

Miscellaneous links

• Vietnamese coffee - probably the most delicious coffee in the world! sourced from Vietnam and available online
• local artist Seren Bell - works with ink and coloured pencil concentrating on animals in rural landscapes
• www.bristolprize.co.uk - Bristol's exciting, international writing competition that offers writers the chance to get into print.