After leaving Brecon we headed north towards the city of Gloucester where we were to spend the night before parting company. On the way we diverted to an old harbour on the Severn Estuary. It was tucked behind a semi industrial area and apparently its importance extends from Roman times http://www.wyedeantourism.co.uk/discover/all/i-4388-Lydney_Harbour. This site has more information than most people would want to read http://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/glos/vol5/pp46-84. It seemed like recent work had been done around flood mitigation and going by the number of boats in the canal recreational boating is important.
Boats tied up on the canal
Lock devoid of water
View of the harbour and also the old gas light
Some laid up boats near the clubhouse and the water
Light falling on the eastern side of the Severn. Ancestors traced so far have come from that side of the Severn
Panoramic view to the north and eastern side of the Severn. Pity about the pole
Panoramic view of the eastern and southern side of the Severn
We then returned to the car and continued for about another 50 km to Gloucester where we stayed at the hotel near the station. The next day son and partner headed north for an appointment and I settled in for a week of sightseeing, trawling through archives and visiting another site of ancestral origin just outside the city.