diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 43af199..c0303b1 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -103,9 +103,19 @@ demo-load:
 		cp /var/www/html/user/docs/demo/trips/italy-2026-demo/*.gpx /var/www/html/user/pages/01.trips/italy-2026-demo/ 2>/dev/null || true && \
 		chown -R 1000:1000 /var/www/html/user/pages/01.trips/italy-2026-demo && \
 		cd /var/www/html && php bin/grav clearcache"
+	# Load no-photos-demo fixture (AE4: no cover_image, no entry images -> text-only header, no banner).
+	# Guarded with `|| true` so runs whose user/ predates the fixture (e.g. the main
+	# checkout before this branch merges) skip it instead of failing globalSetup.
+	docker exec intotheeast_grav bash -c "\
+		mkdir -p /var/www/html/user/pages/01.trips/no-photos-demo/01.dailies /var/www/html/user/pages/01.trips/no-photos-demo/04.stories && \
+		cp /var/www/html/user/docs/demo/trips/no-photos-demo/trip.md /var/www/html/user/pages/01.trips/no-photos-demo/trip.md 2>/dev/null || true && \
+		cp /var/www/html/user/docs/demo/trips/no-photos-demo/stories.md /var/www/html/user/pages/01.trips/no-photos-demo/04.stories/stories.md 2>/dev/null || true && \
+		cp -r /var/www/html/user/docs/demo/trips/no-photos-demo/dailies/. /var/www/html/user/pages/01.trips/no-photos-demo/01.dailies/ 2>/dev/null || true && \
+		chown -R 1000:1000 /var/www/html/user/pages/01.trips/no-photos-demo && \
+		cd /var/www/html && php bin/grav clearcache"
 
 demo-reset:
-	docker exec intotheeast_grav bash -c "rm -rf /var/www/html/user/pages/01.trips/italy-2026-demo && cd /var/www/html && php bin/grav clearcache"
+	docker exec intotheeast_grav bash -c "rm -rf /var/www/html/user/pages/01.trips/italy-2026-demo /var/www/html/user/pages/01.trips/no-photos-demo && cd /var/www/html && php bin/grav clearcache"
 
 pixelfed-import:
 	docker exec intotheeast_grav bash -c "which python3 || apt-get install -y python3 --no-install-recommends -q"
diff --git a/docs/working/plans/2026-07-05-trip-description-and-hero.md b/docs/working/plans/2026-07-05-trip-description-and-hero.md
index cdbc958..fe83e85 100644
--- a/docs/working/plans/2026-07-05-trip-description-and-hero.md
+++ b/docs/working/plans/2026-07-05-trip-description-and-hero.md
@@ -259,3 +259,35 @@ No lint/build step applies — the edited `css/style.css` and templates are serv
 | U3 | List cards show one-liners where set and sharp retina covers with correct fallback; U3 specs pass. |
 | U4 | Trip-page header shows one-liner, expandable description, and gated banner in HTD order; home view unchanged; U4 specs pass. |
 | U5 | Header/banner styled; description expands; split stays above the fold on mobile. |
+
+---
+
+## Post-review follow-up (2026-07-07)
+
+A structured code review of the finished diff produced fixes and two
+intentionally-deferred findings.
+
+**Applied**
+
+- Cover picker restricted to images (`accept:` on the `cover_image`
+  `pagemediaselect` field) + macro resolves against `media.images`, so a
+  non-image selection (e.g. a `.gpx` from the trip page media) can no longer
+  route a non-image Medium into `cropResize`. Also hardens R11.
+- Test quality: replaced a vacuous `toContainText` in the description-clamp
+  spec with real clamp/un-clamp assertions; added the missing **AE4** coverage
+  (trip with no cover + no entry images → text-only header, no banner) via a
+  `no-photos-demo` fixture; corrected an R11 over-claim in the trips-list spec
+  header comment.
+
+**Intentionally deferred — explicit plan override (do not re-flag)**
+
+- **Macro re-queries dailies/first-entry (reviewer: efficiency/maintainability).**
+  Deferred by design: **KTD2** puts cover resolution *inside* the shared macro
+  precisely so the list card and trip banner cannot drift. Moving resolution
+  out to callers reopens that drift; the extra `grav.pages.find()` is cached and
+  negligible.
+- **Inline `<script>` for the description toggle should be bundled into
+  `js/src/main.js` (reviewer: convention).** Deferred by design: **U4's
+  Approach** explicitly specifies "a small inline `<script>` (alongside the
+  existing `initTripStats` script)." The inline placement is the plan's chosen
+  approach for a self-contained ~15-line toggle, not an oversight.
diff --git a/tests/ui/trip/trip-header.spec.js b/tests/ui/trip/trip-header.spec.js
index 047bc0c..aaadf93 100644
--- a/tests/ui/trip/trip-header.spec.js
+++ b/tests/ui/trip/trip-header.spec.js
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 const { test, expect } = require('@playwright/test');
 
 const TRIP_URL = '/trips/italy-2026-demo';
+const NO_PHOTOS_URL = '/trips/no-photos-demo'; // no cover_image, one image-less entry
 
 const topOf = async (locator) => (await locator.boundingBox()).y;
 
@@ -65,6 +66,19 @@ test('U4/R9/AE3: banner falls back to the first journal entry image', async ({ p
     await expect(img).toHaveAttribute('alt', 'Tuscany 2026');
 });
 
+// ── R9/AE4: no cover_image and no entry images → text-only header, no banner ───
+test('U4/R9/AE4: trip with no cover and no entry images renders no banner strip', async ({ page }) => {
+    await page.goto(NO_PHOTOS_URL);
+    // The text extras still render (the header is not blank)...
+    await expect(page.locator('.home-trip-name')).toHaveText('Notes from the Road 2027');
+    await expect(page.locator('.home-trip-tagline')).toBeVisible();
+    // ...and there is a journal entry, so the empty-cover path is the macro's
+    // fallback loop finding no image — not simply an empty trip.
+    await expect(page.locator('.feed .journal-post')).toHaveCount(1);
+    // With no resolvable cover, the banner strip is omitted entirely (AE4).
+    await expect(page.locator('.trip-header-banner')).toHaveCount(0);
+});
+
 // ── R10/AE6: the map+journal split is intact with no header above it ───────────
 test('U4/R10/AE6: map+journal split renders with the extras inside the feed column', async ({ page }) => {
     await page.goto(TRIP_URL);