Monmouthshire in the grey mid winter

Tree (beech?) in a field beside the red muddy Wye at Monmouth

In the dark, damp days between Christmas and New Year, once the snow had cleared enough for us to get out of the house, we went for a drive in rural Monmouthshire (my home county).

I took my camera, despite the lack of good daylight, and snapped a few odds and ends in Usk, on the grey muddy river of the same name, and at Monmouth, where the Monnow meets the red muddy Wye.

Henry V statue on Monmouth Shire Hall - he was born in Monmouth Castle on August 9, 1387 (probably) and the statue was placed on the Shire Hall in 1792

The bridge over the River Usk at Usk

A plaque on the wall by the river in Usk, describing Conigar Walk, meaning a Medieval enclosure where rabbits were kept for food. This was built in 1858 to commemorate the marriage of Victoria, the Princess Royal, to Prince Frederick of Prussia...

Moss on a wall by the river in Usk

More moss on the wall beside the river at Usk

The bridge over the Usk at Usk

By the river at Usk

The town square at Usk

Rooks on a bare winter tree in the middle of Usk

Winter woodland surrounds Usk

Bright red tree bark in a town centre car park at Usk

Out-of-focus catkins in a town centre car park at Usk

Winter berries in a town centre car park at Usk

Weeping tree at Usk (birch?)

Cedar of Lebanon at Usk

Statue to Charles Rolls, as in Rolls-Royce, in front of Monmouth Shire Hall - his ancestral home was at nearby Llangattock

Monmouth Shire Hall

Interesting vernacular architecture at Monmouth

Sign of the Punch House tavern at Monmouth

The Monnow bridge at Monmouth

The river at Monmouth

Town coat of arms on the New Market Hall at Monmouth