We have French doors from our room opening onto a little balcony. With the curtains open we can see stars at night. I discovered this in the many wakeful minutes .
The Malvern Hills are a 9 mile ridge, heavily wooded with lots of walking tracks. There is a main trail along the ridge. Before breakfast we went for a walk from our hotel up to the ridge and back. There are great views .
After breakfast we caught a bus - quite unusual, most people who stay here have a car - into Great Malvern. The bus route gave us a good view of a cross section of the different levels of housing in the area - not just big old houses that used to be hotels where people came to 'take the waters' in Victoria times.
The highlight of the day was visiting the Malvern Priory. This was founded as a Benediction Priory in 1085. It was a monastery for over 450 years. It fell into disrepair and local people bought it for £20 in 1541. It has been the parish church since.
It is huge, but lovely and light inside because of many stained glass windows. The inside stone is mostly light. When we walked in there was a singer and a few musicians practising . We sat and listened and soaked up the atmosphere.
We wandered around the town for a while and caught the bus back. This was a tad interesting, but we made it.
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Hopefully the sunny weather will continue whilst you are in the Uk. C is busy preparing for his departure to Africa. C and J had front page stories recently on the same day.!
P xx
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