A quick early morning walk along the canal – I had hoped it would be foggy but alas no, just a light mist. It was very cold though.
(yes I know it’s all relative, 1 or 2C. is not 25 to 35C. so I have an excuse)
Construction authorised in 1767, it was fully open for traffic in 1770. Although the railway arrived at Driffield in 1846, the canal prospered until the 1870s, when there became a gradual decline. The last commercial traffic was in 1951, it now being just a lovely walk.
Cadbury multivallate hillfort on the summit of Cadbury Hill, a natural and commanding ridge separating the Gordano Valley from the Somerset Levels.
Early Cadbury: c.1000-300BC, occupation & building of the first ramparts.
Middle Cadbury: 300BC-AD40/50, addition of the outer ramparts.
Late Cadbury: AD40/50-400, a possible Roman attack, indication of Roman barracks.
Great Malvern railway station.
Image from my Samsung Galaxy S – the lens is not this bad, I was just playing. 🙂
The station was built & completed between the years 1860 & 1862.
It later became part of the GWR (Great Western Railway) infrastructure.
These wall boxes first appeared in 1857, this one from Great Malvern.
Image from my Samsung Galaxy S
Door & Window (Diffused) Ludlow castle.
Windows – Ludlow castle.
These arches were in the remains of a round tower within the castle walls.
Arches – Ludlow castle.
Door – Ludlow castle.
Doorway with steps – Ludlow castle.
Edward Elgar Statue – Great Malvern.
Buried in Little Malvern cemetery.
1st Movement of Elgar’s Cello Concerto as performed by cellist Jacqueline Du Pre with Daniel Barenboim
P.S – sorry about the video pop-ups – it’s the only version I can find.
Malvern Gas Lamps.
Anyone who has read or knows ‘The Lion, The Witch & The Wardrobe’ by C S Lewis, maybe interested in a little story about the Malvern gas lamps. Apparently, Lewis & some friends had been drinking in what is believed to have been the The Unicorn public house (Beer and all things drinkable, for those not familiar with the term) on the corner of Belle Vue Terrace Malvern. It had been snowing and on the journey home, Lewis is said to have been inspired by the sight of these lamps glowing in the falling snow, he is quoted as saying “that would make a very nice opening line to a book” The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe used that image as the children enter the realm of Narnia.
Both C S Lewis and J R R Tolkien regularly visited and walked in the Malvern Hills.
Many of the lamps have been restored and listed as historical items; so although at one point ‘Bean Counters’ decided they were costly & should be removed, common-sense prevailed and about 109 were saved.
I maybe in UK now but I can still find doors that appeal. This image is looking up at a side door: taken yesterday on a rather dull wet morning.
David A Lockwood 