Dronemaster Productions is producing some drone footage as part of a project celebrating the anniversary of the Wye Tour, which started 250 years ago.
The autumn colours of the Wye Valley from the air... journey down the river through the changing seasons, through Ross-on-Wye, Goodrich and Symonds Yat. Make sure you watch to the end to see the most recent footage of Symonds Yat, it is absolutely stunning 🍂🍁
Next year it is the 250th anniversary of William Gilpin taking the Wye Tour in 1770 - a significant event as it heralded the birth of British tourism. Gilpin was a pioneer in the appreciation of landscape in Britain and his ideas led, much later, to the designation of protected landscapes, including Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty (and National Parks) of which the Wye Valley is one. In the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries it was fashionable to take a boat tour down the Wye Valley, to view its romantic sites and picturesque landscape. A rector from Ross-on-Wye, Dr John Egerton, was the first to build a boat especially to take his guests on excursions down the Wye. ‘Tourists’ dined at specific locations, took walks to particular viewpoints and visited specific romantic ruins, making the ‘Wye Tour’ one of the first package holidays. We look forward to celebrating the birth of British tourism and the beauty of the Wye Valley even more in 2020!