St Arvans Walk

I don't know why but I slept like a log last night and was quite shocked to see the clock showing 9.45am! It wasn't like I had a late night (lights out at 12.30am) or a boozy session (glass of wine followed by a pear cider).

Anyway, it was the wife's day off and I was free of any calls out, so we decided on a walk near her home town.

The walk starts off at St Arvans, near Chepstow, and soon after leaving the car park and climbing up a nearby hill, the views over the Bristol Channel start.

The blip foto is taken at a high point at St Arvans and overlooks Chepstow racecourse, and behind it is The Bristol Channel and Severn Bridge (new crossing).

I love the lines and colours the racecourse offers. I took piles of photo's during the day off lovely bluebell woods, etc., but like this one best. I hope you do, too.
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Here's the low-down on Chepstow Race Course....

The track is a roughly oval circuit of just under 2 miles (3,200 m). It is a left-handed undulating course, used for both flat and jump racing. The finishing straight is about 5 furlongs (3,300 ft; 1,000 m) in length, with five fences on the chase course to be jumped. There is also a straight mile course.

There were 28 fixtures in the 2012 calendar year. It is one of three racecourses in Wales, the others being at Bangor-on-Dee and at Ffos Las (Kidwelly,Dyfed). It is also used as a venue for numerous other indoor and outdoor events, such as weddings and conferences.