Wonderful Wye Valley Brewery

Wonderful Wye Valley Brewery

It was fascinating to have a tour around the inner workings of the wonderful local Wye Valley Brewery! This brilliant local company sources most of its hops locally and supplies delicious beer to umpteen pubs both in Herefordshire and the wider region – as well...
Herefordshire food for breakfast, lunch and dinner!

Herefordshire food for breakfast, lunch and dinner!

The wonderful Herefordshire Food Alliance has organised delicious harvest meals cooked from 100% local Herefordshire produce – because you can eat breakfast, lunch and dinner grown in our wonderful county! The breakfast was hosted by the inimitable Regen Ben at...
Learning more about our GPs

Learning more about our GPs

It was very useful to meet the Chair and Managing Director of Herefordshire General Practice, which brings together the 19 GP practices in Herefordshire. I was surprised to hear that while 90% of NHS contacts are primary care, only 8% of UK health funding goes to...
Bromyard and Brimfield Village Hall Tour dates

Bromyard and Brimfield Village Hall Tour dates

Dates 3 and 4 of my Village Hall Tour took me to Brimfield and Bromyard! It was great to answer questions and I received some lovely feedback from audience members afterwards. People seem to really appreciate the fact that I’m reaching out and listening to people’s...
Brilliant training opportunities

Brilliant training opportunities

Fascinating to visit Herefordshire and Worcestershire Group training (HWGTA). It was great to chat to so many engineering apprentices in the workshops. I share their enthusiasm for this very practical work-based approach to learning and training! They are holding an...
I won a prize at Trumpet Ploughing Match!

I won a prize at Trumpet Ploughing Match!

The Trumpet Ploughing Match is a wonderful celebration of local traditions and skills. I had a great time there this morning chatting with local farmers. It’s a serious technical business and the judges have a keen eye! And I won a prize in the domestic section....