Penpont, the family run estate, set on the banks of the River Usk in the heart of the Bannau Brycheiniog (Brecon Beacons) National Park, has that tantalising, electric feel.  The estate has been in the family since 1665 and there is a far-reaching sense of hundreds of years of history blended with the youthful energy and dynamism that the current custodians, Gavin and Vina Hogg and their sons Forrest and Josh, are bringing.

Before I let Liberty take you to the Golden Valley, I must hold my hands up and admit I’ve been sitting on this article for some time. Liberty — a woman of her word — wrote this for Tat after I visited her not long after she bought her red-brick beauty.

As the new kid on the block here in Herefordshire it has been an absolute joy to start discovering this beautiful, rural pocket. I’m under no illusion that my ‘finds’ of the last few months are in fact, age-old places and things of great beauty, as well as institutions that have long been serving up delicious fare