as Local MP and Secretary of State for Transport, Mark Harper visited Wye Valley Greenway on 23 June to unveil the plaque marking the award made to Greenways and Cycleroutes and the Friends of Wye Valley Greenway for their work to open Tidenham Tunnel.
Other guests included Welsh Transport Minister, Lee Waters; head of the Historic Railway Estate, Helene Rossiter, and Andy Savage, chairman of the National Railway Heritage Awards.

John Grimshaw talks to Mark Harper (white shirt), MP and Secretary of State for Transport , while Caroline Levett talks to Lee Waters, MS, Welsh Deputy Minister for Climate Change with responsibility for Transport. To the right is Jeremy Cowen, volunteer coordinator for the route and centre-rear in the green t-shirt is Greenways trustee Steve Shrewsbury.


The unveiling by Mark Harper.
See the Wye Valley Greenway page for many more photos.