Below are links or extracts from media cuttings and clips about the Association, our members and the area.

Independent, 5 October 2011.  Article on walk on Offa's Dyke.

Take A Break Autumn Special, 2011.  A general article on holidays in the Dean.

Guardian, 25 August 2011.  Free activities for the bank holiday including the Forest of Dean cycle trails.

Guardian, 12 August 2011. Dr Who in the Forest of Dean.

Sunday Times, 24 July 2011.  The Luminarium at Taurus Crafts.

Guardian, 5 July 2011. Historic walking trails: Around St Briavels.

Horse & Hound, June 2011.  Feature on riding inthe Forest at Church Farm Holidays, Mitcheldean.

The Telegraph - 4 June 2011.  Article about Forest of Dean Cabins. 

Countryfile Magazine - May 2011.  Life of a wildlife ranger in the Forest of Dean.

Countryfile Magazine - April 2011.  Severn elver fisherment.

People's Friend Magazine - 26 March 2011.  General article on Forest of Dean.

The Independent on Sunday - 6 March 2011.  Walking in the Forest of Dean.

The Telegraph - 5 March 2011.  Walking in the Forest of Dean.

Countryfile Magazine - March 2011.  Herefordshire and the Marches.

Radio 4 - Wednesday 5 January - Where England Meets Wales

Hardeep Singh Kohli encounters the live issues of identity, language, and a turbulent history as he journeys down the wiggly border between Wales and England.

Hardeep Singh Kohli begins the second half of his journey at the site of a famous battle where Welsh forces routed the attacking English sent by Henry IV. This was the Battle of Pilleth, a battle recorded in Shakespeare's Henry IV part I. The castle at Hay-on-Wye, straddling the Border, also saw combat, but is now home to the largest second-hand bookshop in Europe. Its international book festival attracts the literary glitterati, as well as BBC Radio 4.

From Hay the gentle Border landscape heads into the Black Mountains and the Brecon Beacons. Here Hardeep comes across the Offa's Dyke Path, a 177 mile long trail that links the remaining chunks of Offa's Dyke and winds its way down the whole length of Wales. If Hardeep were fitter he might have attempted it, but the next stop on his journey offered a visit to one of the vineyards in Monmouthshire, a date which was slightly more attractive.

David Davies is MP for Monmouth and hears at first hand some of the problems of today's Border people. Separate Health and Education policies can be confusing, and the coming referendum may make separation more evident.

There is one area though that has offered beauty and inspiration since the 18th century - the Forest of Dean and the Wye Valley. Poets like Wordsworth and Coleridge, and writers like Tolkien and JK Rowling were captivated by forest, woodland and river, now designated as an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. Hardeep makes a final nod to the Norman conquistadors at Chepstow Castle, before succeeding in walking the final half mile of the Offa's Dyke Path. He ends his journey at the mouth of the Severn, reflecting on a Border which has seen the marks of history and is now heading towards a future in which more history will be made.

The Observer - Sunday 14 November 2010.  Article on outdoor sculpture parks includes the Sculpture Trail at Beechenhurst.

Countryfile Magazine - October 2010.  Julia Bradbury visits the Wye Valley and Symonds Yat.

Daily Mail - 18 September 2010.  A grand day out in the Forest of Dean

Countryfile Magazine - September 2010.  Freemining in the Forest of Dean.  Robin Morgan of Hopewell Colliery.

Monmouthshire Beacon - 11 August 2010.  Launch of the Easy Walks booklet.

Countryfile Magazine - August 2010.  Den building in the Forest of Dean.

Prizes Galore - August 2010.  A stay in the Forest of Dean at the Tudor Farmhouse Hotel.

BBC Gloucestershire.  Coverage of the 12 Easy Walks.

Forester - 15 July 2010.  Denise Yapp Gallery to exhibit pictures by the Prince of Wales.

Hans Bouman Magazine - June 2010. A journey from Shopshire to the Forest of Dean in Dutch.

Chat Magazine - June 2010.  A holiday in the Forest of Dean.

Monmouthshire Beacon - 22 April 2009.  Launch of the new brochure aimed at the older vistor.