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2024: Pippa Mason is ready for a fresh start. So, she buys Pumpkin Cottage in the picturesque Wye Valley village of Riverdean,
2024: Pippa Mason is ready for a fresh start. So, she buys Pumpkin Cottage in the picturesque Wye Valley village of Riverdean,
Pippa Mason is ready for a fresh start. She has bought Pumpkin Cottage in the picturesque Wye Valley village of Riverdean, where her late mother grew up, and plans to renovate a run-down bed and breakfast. Despite the complications of the project and a very surly builder, Pippa is settling into village life and starting to fall for the charms of local Jake when problems start coming thick and fast … Jenny Foster has enough on her plate running Riverside Lodge as well as managing her husband Phil’s diagnosis of early-onset dementia. She didn’t need the threat of another B&B on her doorstep. When the spat between them escalates and an autumn storm brings matters to a head, Pippa and Jenny will have to see if Riverdean is big enough for the both of them.
Wye Valley
Symonds Yat and Ross on Wye
Our novel Escape to Pumpkin Cottage tells the story of two rival bed and breakfast and is set in the Wye Valley. Visiting each other (Anna is in Derbyshire and Jacqui in south west Wales), we always passed the sign for Symonds Yat on the M50. We booked a weekend there once and it worked its magic on us.
The omnipresent River Wye is almost a character in itself.
The Trout is actually the Ye Old Ferrie Inn, a cosy, fifteenth century pub right on the river’s edge. It’s at the heart of the community of Riverdean, owned by Brett and Shaun.
Destination/location: Wye Valley Author/guide: Anna and Jacqui Burns Departure Time:2024
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