Hereford is our county town (county seat in American) the HQ of our local government. It’s about 15 miles from Leominster. Susan and I go there several times a year for our dentist or to shop. Hereford is a busy town with a big central square and a good number of shops.
Hereford’s cathedral is appropriately large and seemingly always under serious repair work. In the cathedral there is an interesting museum that has the Mappa Mundi, a thirteenth century depiction of the then known world. There is also the Chained Library. This is a collection of the cathedral’s oldest books, some dating from eighth century. The “Chained” part comes from the practice of chaining the books to the shelves so that they couldn’t be stolen.
Just up the street from the Cathedral is a large hotel called the Green Dragon. I’d guess that the name derives from the fact that the dragon is the symbol of Wales, which is not too far away. On the wall facing the street the hotel flies four flags. One of these flags shows a dragon emblem.
The dragon on the flag is red.
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