Incursion

The family were all up and about early (considering how it was before many went to bed). After the various breakfast shifts or sittings we all split up to do our own thing.

The Silver Vixen and Gorse Fox headed northwards to Hay-on-Wye. It's famous for its book festival, so we thought it probably worth the visit. Certainly from a car traveller's perspective it is nothing to talk about - but parking up and exploring on foot revealed a charming little village.

There were lots of alleyways, nooks, crannies, and a plethora of craft shops as well as the obvious book shops.




After exploring for a while we stopped for a coffee and headed back to the car. Bravely, we decided to continue our incursion beyond the border, in Wales. We headed out towards Brecon and then turned off towards Abergavenney. The Gorse Fox commented that he now knew how Frodo must have felt on the last leg of his journey to Mordor. The countryside was bleak in the heavily overcast skies. As the journey continued we hardly saw another car, and even the villages we passed through seemed deserted.

Finally, we arrived at Abergavenny. A few natives were wandering about and there were some signs of modern life, such as electricity. We saw several youths fighting over a gadget - which on closer inspection turned out to be a stick.


Fortunately, we were not too far from the border and we headed back. As we passed the "Welcome to England" sign we congratulated ourselves on a successful incursion and the fact that we had evidently not been detected.