please empty your brain below
That was a good value day out!!

Brian | 12.09.18 - 7:02 a.m. | #

The 'expensive' leg was the 25 miles from Hereford back to Worcester (£10.30).

diamond geezer | Homepage | 12.09.18 - 7:13 a.m. | #

The longest river in Great Britain is the Thames. It is only often denied the title because the upper reaches were given a different name. The Thames sourced at Ullenwood is 230 miles, the Severn 220.

kev | 12.09.18 - 9:12 a.m. | #

I spent a couple of years living in Worcester in my early 20s, and got an idea of it - perhaps unfairly - as 'neutral'. Cheltenham, where I grew up, was 'posh'; Swindon, where I moved afterwards, was, urm, at the other end of the scale for me mentally. Worcester ended up occupying a kind of unremarkable "yep, this is a county town all right" middle ground. Having said that, in my early 20s I was mainly playing computer games with flatmates and trying to master my entry-level job, so I didn't exactly sample all of the cultural treasures the town has to offer.

Ben | 12.09.18 - 9:21 a.m. | #

I am always amazed how much you cram into your days out!
For most people that would have been an overnighter at the very least!

Cornish Cockney | 12.09.18 - 10:11 a.m. | #

'Tis a pity that the giraffes will not be on 'tour'
You mention the cattle; they certainly were, I caught up with them when they came to Manchester.
They also happened to be in the Slovenian capital when I visited. And a friend saw them in Denmark.
But maybe touring animals are old hat nowadays.

dg writes: The giraffes are being auctioned off for charity next month.

Dave | 12.09.18 - 10:29 a.m. | #

Last year Southampton had rhinos.

Joho | 12.09.18 - 10:38 a.m. | #

Splendidly comprehensive 'Postcards from..' reports, as ever.

Were there no markets in either Hereford or Worcester on the day you visited? You often incorporate a report on the town's market as a barometer of the health of the local economy, etc.

Frank F | 12.09.18 - 10:40 a.m. | #

Should have got the £5 bus! Or maybe not given the last through one on a Saturday is 14.00. Another reminder of how lucky London is.

ap | 12.09.18 - 11:06 a.m. | #

@kev
surely it also depends on exactly where you define the mouths of the respective rivers to be - neither of which are clearly defined.

timbo again | Homepage | 12.09.18 - 11:58 a.m. | #

@ timbo
Very true.
I nominate DG to be the best person to investigate.

kev | 12.09.18 - 12:25 p.m. | #

I'm amazed to hear that provisions were available from Marks & Spencer as early as September 1984 - I'd have sworn it was still strictly a socks, pants and sensible jumpers business at that time.

Stephen R Harris | 12.09.18 - 2:06 p.m. | #

@Stephen R Harris
In 1984, M&S had already been selling food for more than fifty years

timbo again again | Homepage | 12.09.18 - 4:45 p.m. | #

Ah, my home city! (well, Malvern, but close enough.) As a teenager I recall it being a bit of a dump and I was glad to escape to Uni, but nowadays when I return I genuinely feel it's a place to be proud to come from... whether that's me growing up or the place itself having improved... probably a bit of both!

DG, you mentioned Diglis basin. There's now a foot/cycle bridge over the river down there which has opened up the riverside massively and makes for a lovely circular walk which otherwise wouldn't be possible, as you noted.

Also, while in the Cathedral did you spot the image of a pink giraffe in the stained-glass window, with Adam in the Garden of Eden? :)

dg writes: I did indeed :)

David F | 12.09.18 - 10:05 p.m. | #

The view of Worcester as you come in on the train from the east is spectacular but I have always found the city itself to be surprisingly unexciting and underwhelming.

cjw714 | 13.09.18 - 2:02 a.m. | #











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