Wye - Ye Olde Ferrie Inn - Day 4 We are Children again

  Day 4 (Wed 24)

After another big breakfast we leave the inn and escape up the ramp without incident today.

Perrygrove Railway Entrance Board

Perrygrove is meant for small(ish) children.  As this was not quite half term, that means mainly under fives.  They have a narrow gauge railway as the main feature on their site.  There are 4 or 5 engines, some are steam, but today it is their oldest locomotive - a diesel.  Still, we rode on the train as is looped around the site and across to go up the hill.

 

We are waiting to get on the first train of the day; there are so many visitors that they have decided to add another carriage, so we have to wait a little longer.  There are stops on the way.  At each stop there are different play areas.  At the top the engine is moved to the other end and the train reverses it's course.  Up and down, we went, without leaving the carriage.  Then into the buffet.  It is spartan, and reminds me of a British Railway station buffet from the 1980's.  Even the tea adds to the memory.  

We are still talking about trying to get tickets to the Savoy Theatre.  So, while we are drinking the tea, I try on their website.  We already have agreement from the inn that someone will stay there until we get back, if we can get tickets.  Fortunately, there are just 2 tickets left, so with almost no data signal, and absolutely no Wi-Fi, I book the tickets.  

We return to the inn briefly and then go to the other side of the river (about 4 miles) for lunch at the Saracens Head.  Now we are in the heart of a water sports area on the  Wye.  The pub is a strange mixture of the old and new.  "Order food round the corner" the barman says, then walks around the corner and takes my order.  We both walk back and I order our drinks.  We sit at a table next to the river, and enjoyed our ploughmans. 

About 5pm we head into Monmouth and park in a car park that is behind the main road and closer to the theatre than the previous one.  It is closer, but only by a few hundred yards, we will still have most of the street to walk.  We are not hungry, but divert into the supermarket to get some salad for later.

The Bohemians (https://thebohemians.com/) put on a fantastic show.  They cover almost all the Queen songs I know.  Everything about the event works well, we both have a great time.

Afterwards, back at the car park, we exit to take the bypass road so that we don't have to go back through the traffic jam we have just walked past.  There are roadworks and diversions, the road I take is going in the wrong direction.  The next junction onto the trunk road is also closed.  Google maps estimates that we are now 29 minutes from our destination, twice as far as we should be.  It's a long and frustrating drive.  We return to the inn a little before midnight, and thank the lady who is waiting patiently for us.  Then in our room we eat the salad we bought earlier.  It's a very late night.