Length: 4 miles, circular stroll (GENTLE) from Tintern to Brockweir
Fee: £15 pp
MEET:
One of the Devils: What role did he play in the construction of Tintern Abbey?
The doctor who called the Moravians in to deal with the excessive drinking, debauchery and poverty.
Tewdric, the father of King Arthur who stands in the circle of power.
William Wordsworth may even appear.
SEE:
The beautiful River Wye with the famous Tintern Abbey.
The remnants of Tintern’s industrial past and the mayhem it caused, including the wire works.
The Moravian church at Brockweir and the ruined St Marys church at Tintern with its history of continual destruction
The Old Station and its Circle of Power.
HEAR:
What the Devil thinks of the Devils pulpit and the monks below.
How two German wire makers came to Tintern to help create the Tintern wire works.
How in the past Brockweir was full of the devils of industrialisation with terrible conditions.
How Tewdric was pulled out of retirement to fight the Saxons one last time.
How William Wordsworth got into trouble here.
REALISE: Tintern has a history that its current beauty belies.
REFRESH at one of Tintern’s cafes or pubs.
“From 2025: Thank you for a really lovely walk. The scenery is so glorious there, but the stories so make it. They bring the places to life and imbue emotion and history Thank you. It was wonderful.”