Finding the car park has tested some of our navigational skills to the full but eventually 19 of us get there on time
To meet Sally and Enid for our walk advertised as fairly hilly and to which to everyone's surprise turns out to be fairly hilly
Heading uphill to start
Nearing the top with views towards Brecon
And immediately beginning our descent
On a nice grassy track
Could be edible - any volunteers?
Down past St Ann's Well tearooms. Being refurbished
Now on a tarmac drive as we continue our descent
Into Great Malvern - yes there were 99 steps
Famous Malvern sculpture
Down into town
No garden should be without them
We start to climb back up looking down on Malvern with Worcester in the distance
Another part of Malvern
As we round the hill we look up the valley to Shropshire
And up the Malverns
As we follow the path round the hill
Now on the Western side and back to the Car Park
For lunch
And to meet Alex
And Peter whose navigational skills let them down in finding the car park
As we resume our walk uphill we spot other recreational activities
The large house in the valley is a conference centre for the Elim Pentecostal church
Reaching the top of Worcestershire Beacon
Highest point in the Malverns where we gather round the topograph
Down to the junction of paths
Then it's downhill heading towards Malvern
But branching off at St Ann's Well having stopped at the pop up tea tent
Circling the hill to Earnslaw Lake
Hidden in the hilllside
Then back up to the top
And down to the car park - yes, it is the West of England Quarry car park
Photos and captions by Richard, processed and uploaded by Sally