We joined the Forest of Dean Ramblers for a four-hour (plus half an hour lunch break), ten-mile walk around the Forest of Dean last weekend. Several years ago, we had done a couple of walks with the Ramblers in the South Downs, and thoroughly enjoyed them. The group back then consisted mainly of twenty-somethings. This time around we had simply set our mind to doing a bit of hiking in the Forest of Dean, a beautiful stretch of hilly woodland next to the Welsh border in Gloucestershire. Neither of us had visited before. I took an afternoon train from London to Gloucester, where I picked up the rental car and waited for Ms B, while getting some work done from the room at the Ibis Hotel. Because it is off-season, we had managed to get a large double-room for under £30. At around 8pm, I picked up Ms B at […]