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A hovering bird of prey is most likely to be a kestrel, though a soaring one could well be a peregrine.
dg writes: Updated, thanks.
Robert Butlin | 15.06.19 - 8:26 a.m. | #
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Lloyds Bank, Lloyd's insurance market.
dg writes: Updated, thanks.
Christopher Bellew | Homepage | 15.06.19 - 8:35 a.m. | #
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Last time I climbed Worcestershire Beacon there was still a cafe at the summit, which burnt down 30 years ago.
I'm rather surprised that it only possible to see three cathedrals. It is easy to see paths on the Malverns from my mother's bedroom on the far side of Cheltenham.
kev | 15.06.19 - 9:15 a.m. | #
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The low cloud beacon photo is a cracker.
Kevin | 15.06.19 - 9:26 a.m. | #
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Wonderful. I also revel in a spot of wilderness solitude, but sadly find it rarely happens these days.
Coincidentally I passed through Worcester last weekend while bringing daughter back from uni so will suggest a detour when we take her back in Sept!
Cornish Cockney | 15.06.19 - 11:12 a.m. | #
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Thank you DG for the ( virtual) walk over the Malvern Hills. We went to Great Malvern last autumn,from Worcester,on the bus(all free at our age). Lovely place, BUT, the town seemed to have streets at right angles to each other. Even with sticks, me and 'imself struggled to get to up to the museum level, so it's good to see just what we might have seen, if only we had been twenty years younger and fitter.........
Jo W | 15.06.19 - 2:54 p.m. | #
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There are three cathedrals in the Severn and Wye valleys, overlooked by Malvern and within 25 miles. The next nearest, Coventry and Bristol, would both be well over the horizon, even if there were no hills in the way.
Timbo | 15.06.19 - 4:04 p.m. | #
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So glad you enjoyed my home town! Sadly I didn't really appreciate how special it was (and is) until long after I'd left.
Your comments re "disconnect between down there and up here" and "oddly accessible" are spot on. I always felt like you couldn't really get lost up there, with the single north-south ridgetop and nearby roads all around. You can wander along idly picking a combination of paths and still end up roughly where you intended.
A year or two back were staying in an AirBnB near the town centre whilst visiting family, and one evening while the sun was low I just had an urge to go up and watch the sunset. 15 minutes' walk/jog later and I was there, top of the world, alone yet with houses all around on the lower slopes. And with the sun set, there was still ample light to descend again without difficulty.
And as a teenager/student we would often hang out at the Wyche Inn pub, just through the cutting on the town side. After closing time we would walk up to the ridgetop for a few extra cans or smokes.
David F | 15.06.19 - 9:56 p.m. | #
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