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Foxgloves
The bluebells have now gone, but there are still good floral displays to be seen. The foxgloves are out, and between way marks 26 and 27 make quite a display. We don’t know why the foxglove got its name but its from the Old English foxes glofa. In the past children turned the flowers into
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Bream Heritage Walk – Booklets
We have produced booklets to accompany the Bream Heritage Walk. The 12 page booklet has a route map in the centre pages and information on some of the points of interest along the route. Booklets are currently available from:Premier /Post Office, Bream (opposite the start of the walk)Sally’s Florist, Bream (opposite the start of the
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Walk booklet with the Printer
The 12 page booklet to accompany the walk will be available soon.
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All waymarks now in place
The final waymarks are now in place. The last ones to be added were attached to the new heritage lottery funded kissing gate at no. 47. This replaced a difficult to climb stile. We are grateful to the landowner for his cooperation and help in making this possible.
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Princess Royal spoil heap trim-up.
When the colliery closed, the spoil heap of Princess Colliery was planted with trees to stabilise the slope. Since then, the trees have grown up and been joined by many “self-setters”. The trees are now being thinned. This photo, taken from Yorkley Wood by Robin Phelps, shows the valley of the river Lyd enveloped in