We were commissioned to write a cycling Trail for a group of 14 of the said friends and family (the rest were planning to golf) around the black and white villages of North Herefordshire. The Trail we wrote was a round trip of 22 miles which doesn't seem that far except that on the day of the expedition it started to snow! Needless to say at the time we were devising the Trail we didn't know what the weather would be doing.
The Trail route follows our standard "Weobley and More" title, but the clues we wrote were much more sneaky as we knew the group were all adults and liked games and puzzles and a challenge! We arranged for them to have lunch in the Red Lion in Pembridge where they were all going to meet at 1.00 for a quick bite and we told them about lots of interesting sights along the way.... Dunkerton's Cider Mill, the pottery in Weobley, the Old Chapel Gallery in Pembridge and the wonderful exhibition in the Dovecote in Eardisland.
We added in some additional challenges and games to get them thinking about the area they were cycling around as most of them hadn't been to Herefordshire before and came from the built up south east - quite a culture shock! We set them a selection of stuff to buy or find which they probably thought would be dead easy, but in the wilds of North Herefordshire in February might prove harder than they would expect....... on the other hand, there is no point if it is too easy is it?
Can't wait to hear how they got on!
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