{"id":8993,"date":"2020-10-11T17:48:20","date_gmt":"2020-10-11T17:48:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.choircycle.co.uk\/?p=8993"},"modified":"2020-10-16T06:43:10","modified_gmt":"2020-10-16T06:43:10","slug":"walk-9-piercefield-mansion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.choircycle.co.uk\/?p=8993","title":{"rendered":"Walk 9 &#8211; Piercefield Mansion"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong><u>Sunday, 11th October 2020<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p> Big turnout for this morning&#8217;s walk to Piercefield Mansion, starting from the Millers Arms in Mathern. The route saw the group head for the pretty hamlet of Mounton, before the uphill climb towards Chepstow hospital. Down through the Danes picking up the leafy trail to the impressive largely ruined, neo-classical Piercefield house. Onto the Wye Valley trail, following the route back towards Chepstow. Through the town, following the woods path through Garden City to Bulwark, heading down Mathern Road back to the starting point at the pub. An enjoyable day was completed with Sunday lunch, washed down with cider and beer. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-4 is-cropped\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"http:\/\/www.choircycle.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/IMG_7389-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"8994\" data-link=\"http:\/\/www.choircycle.co.uk\/?attachment_id=8994\" class=\"wp-image-8994\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.choircycle.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/IMG_7389-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.choircycle.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/IMG_7389-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.choircycle.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/IMG_7389-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"http:\/\/www.choircycle.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/IMG_7393-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"8995\" data-link=\"http:\/\/www.choircycle.co.uk\/?attachment_id=8995\" class=\"wp-image-8995\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.choircycle.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/IMG_7393-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.choircycle.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/IMG_7393-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.choircycle.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/IMG_7393-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"http:\/\/www.choircycle.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/IMG_7395-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"8996\" data-link=\"http:\/\/www.choircycle.co.uk\/?attachment_id=8996\" class=\"wp-image-8996\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.choircycle.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/IMG_7395-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.choircycle.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/IMG_7395-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.choircycle.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/IMG_7395-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"http:\/\/www.choircycle.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/IMG_7397-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"8997\" data-link=\"http:\/\/www.choircycle.co.uk\/?attachment_id=8997\" class=\"wp-image-8997\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.choircycle.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/IMG_7397-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.choircycle.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/IMG_7397-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.choircycle.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/IMG_7397-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"http:\/\/www.choircycle.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/IMG_7401-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"8998\" data-link=\"http:\/\/www.choircycle.co.uk\/?attachment_id=8998\" class=\"wp-image-8998\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.choircycle.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/IMG_7401-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.choircycle.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/IMG_7401-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.choircycle.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/IMG_7401-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"http:\/\/www.choircycle.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/IMG_7402-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"8999\" data-link=\"http:\/\/www.choircycle.co.uk\/?attachment_id=8999\" class=\"wp-image-8999\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.choircycle.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/IMG_7402-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.choircycle.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/IMG_7402-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.choircycle.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/IMG_7402-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"http:\/\/www.choircycle.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/IMG_7405-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"9001\" data-link=\"http:\/\/www.choircycle.co.uk\/?attachment_id=9001\" class=\"wp-image-9001\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.choircycle.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/IMG_7405-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.choircycle.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/IMG_7405-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.choircycle.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/IMG_7405-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"http:\/\/www.choircycle.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/IMG_7407-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"9002\" data-link=\"http:\/\/www.choircycle.co.uk\/?attachment_id=9002\" class=\"wp-image-9002\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.choircycle.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/IMG_7407-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.choircycle.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/IMG_7407-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.choircycle.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/IMG_7407-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"469\" height=\"575\" src=\"http:\/\/www.choircycle.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Route.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"9004\" data-link=\"http:\/\/www.choircycle.co.uk\/?attachment_id=9004\" class=\"wp-image-9004\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.choircycle.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Route.jpg 469w, https:\/\/www.choircycle.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Route-245x300.jpg 245w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 469px) 100vw, 469px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"687\" height=\"819\" src=\"http:\/\/www.choircycle.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/mansion4.png\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"9008\" data-link=\"http:\/\/www.choircycle.co.uk\/?attachment_id=9008\" class=\"wp-image-9008\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.choircycle.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/mansion4.png 687w, https:\/\/www.choircycle.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/mansion4-252x300.png 252w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 687px) 100vw, 687px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"687\" height=\"919\" src=\"http:\/\/www.choircycle.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/mansion3.png\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"9007\" data-link=\"http:\/\/www.choircycle.co.uk\/?attachment_id=9007\" class=\"wp-image-9007\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.choircycle.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/mansion3.png 687w, https:\/\/www.choircycle.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/mansion3-224x300.png 224w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 687px) 100vw, 687px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"973\" height=\"728\" src=\"http:\/\/www.choircycle.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/mansion2.png\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"9006\" data-link=\"http:\/\/www.choircycle.co.uk\/?attachment_id=9006\" class=\"wp-image-9006\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.choircycle.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/mansion2.png 973w, https:\/\/www.choircycle.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/mansion2-300x224.png 300w, https:\/\/www.choircycle.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/mansion2-768x575.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 973px) 100vw, 973px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"969\" height=\"722\" src=\"http:\/\/www.choircycle.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/mansion1.png\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"9005\" data-link=\"http:\/\/www.choircycle.co.uk\/?attachment_id=9005\" class=\"wp-image-9005\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.choircycle.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/mansion1.png 969w, https:\/\/www.choircycle.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/mansion1-300x224.png 300w, https:\/\/www.choircycle.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/mansion1-768x572.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 969px) 100vw, 969px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><u>Walkers<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol><li>Tony Griffiths<\/li><li>Carolyn Griffiths<\/li><li>Isobel Brown<\/li><li>Deb Harris<\/li><li>Alun Harris<\/li><li>Judith Gribble<\/li><li>Steve Gribble<\/li><li>Julie Donoghue<\/li><li>Wendy Davies<\/li><li>Janice Orum<\/li><li>Chris Orum<\/li><li>Margaret Hirst<\/li><li>Peter Hirst<\/li><li>Jane Nesbitt<\/li><li>John Nesbitt<\/li><\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sunday, 11th October 2020 Big turnout for this morning&#8217;s walk to Piercefield Mansion, starting from the Millers Arms in Mathern. The route saw the group head for the pretty hamlet of Mounton, before the uphill climb towards Chepstow hospital. Down through the Danes picking up the leafy trail to the impressive largely ruined, neo-classical Piercefield [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.choircycle.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8993"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.choircycle.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.choircycle.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.choircycle.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.choircycle.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=8993"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.choircycle.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8993\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9012,"href":"https:\/\/www.choircycle.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8993\/revisions\/9012"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.choircycle.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=8993"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.choircycle.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=8993"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.choircycle.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=8993"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}