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Hello, this Saturday we went to the Malvern Hills, first time for us all, strange since these are pre-Cambrian hills that have been there 650 million years
The total length is about 9 miles and we parked a car at each end to make it a linear walk. There are 28 peaks, the highest being The Worcester Beacon at 425 metres, there are some great names; Perseverance Hill, Raggedstone, Sugar Loaf Hill and Pinnacle Hill. We started at the south climbing the Herefordshire Beacon, also known as British Camp as it once had a fort.
- British Camp
We then descended and set off North across the tops.
- Great views
- Reservoir
- Rolling hills
- Rollercoaster
Compared to what we were used to this was a bit of a jolly despite the heat and we were soon at the summit of Worcester Beacon which had a trig point.
- Worcester Beacon
Also there was a lovely capstan style sculpture with distance maps etc on top. This is both a modern and historic county top and a Marilyn.
- Gang on Worcester Beacon
A lovely warm dry day and as I said a jolly, look forward to next week as we won't be so lucky as to have two easy weeks running
thanks Sue