Monday, January 29
Sunday, January 21
A Lot Of Reward For Little Gain
It is becoming a habit now our visits with friends to the Malverns last week was with our friend Max, today we were in the good company of Emma and Graham and Sunday tommorow we have another day planned with our good friends Robert and Dawn and there dog Sam. The Malverns is a great place to share peoples company. Everyone seems to enjoy the walks and the Malverns are not too strenious for beginners. Our last few walks we have had fine weather if but a little windy. January as had rather a spring feel to it so far daffodils starting to pop there heads up and the snow drops are now in bloom which is very unuseual for this time of year seems like winter never came but there is still time I guess. There as been lots of flooding and wind but no snow or hard frosty sub zeros so far. Glad that we are out and about on our walks again and Christmas as certainly faded in to the distance.
The Malvern Hills. One of our favourite walks. There are many places to park if by car, or by train to Great Malvern or Colwell Station (from Birmingham about £8.00 at the right time). Brown signs appear on the main motorways. Car parks appear all around the hills, these ask for
£2.00 per stay (all day), this pays for conservation of the area.
Free car parking can be found at the above railway station, but you will be negotiating muddy footpaths before reaching the dry and hard rock of the hill ridge. I was eager to reach the highest points along the way as I have a burning desire to be in the clouds. The views are always stunning and as the title suggests a lot of reward for little gain. Yes it does get tough for very short periods, but really you can take it easy, plenty of benches appear along most paths.
Ascent seems pretty fast, the tops of the ridge can be extremely windy so it’s worth having duvet type clothing, secure hats and gloves if walking in winter as this brings the wind chill factor 10 degrees below what it really is.
Places to walk and look out for going south; Herefordshire Beacon on British Camp, an extremely interesting site with Roman earth works. Surrounding this are the reservoir, the view of the Malvern Priory dated 1171, Clutter’s Cave (tiny), in the distance an obelisk of Eastnor castle.
Places to walk and look out for going north; Stunning 360 degree views all along the ridge, the highest summit will look far away until it is almost upon you, the highest point of the hills is the Worcestershire Beacon which is 425 metres (1395ft). You can see 5 counties of England to the East and The Black mountains of Wales to the West.
I am exhausted now, so please enjoy our pictures and consider the Hills
as a fantastic day out.
£2.00 per stay (all day), this pays for conservation of the area.
Free car parking can be found at the above railway station, but you will be negotiating muddy footpaths before reaching the dry and hard rock of the hill ridge. I was eager to reach the highest points along the way as I have a burning desire to be in the clouds. The views are always stunning and as the title suggests a lot of reward for little gain. Yes it does get tough for very short periods, but really you can take it easy, plenty of benches appear along most paths.
Ascent seems pretty fast, the tops of the ridge can be extremely windy so it’s worth having duvet type clothing, secure hats and gloves if walking in winter as this brings the wind chill factor 10 degrees below what it really is.
Places to walk and look out for going south; Herefordshire Beacon on British Camp, an extremely interesting site with Roman earth works. Surrounding this are the reservoir, the view of the Malvern Priory dated 1171, Clutter’s Cave (tiny), in the distance an obelisk of Eastnor castle.
Places to walk and look out for going north; Stunning 360 degree views all along the ridge, the highest summit will look far away until it is almost upon you, the highest point of the hills is the Worcestershire Beacon which is 425 metres (1395ft). You can see 5 counties of England to the East and The Black mountains of Wales to the West.
I am exhausted now, so please enjoy our pictures and consider the Hills
as a fantastic day out.
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